Haha, Not sure you would want to share the beach with them even if you were allowed to. The weigh more than your '56

"The Master Cylinder"

Enjoying life at the beach in SOCAL

No , did keep an eye out and called into a few places .. but no fatties on the beach 'cept me and the missus..



"Came too close to dying to stop living now!"

Did you see the Giant elephant seals on the beach by San Simeon. Really something to see. I really like it up by Cambria.

"The Master Cylinder"

Enjoying life at the beach in SOCAL

I live west of the PCH...waaayy west ! I enjoyed the drive once past Santa Barbara and the traffic wasnt so bad, made it as far as Rocky point [?]. Stayed in San Simeon so we could go to Hearst Castle. Did a few stops on the way and back to Garden Grove.. Cambria etc.

Would have been back this year but the old man died , so next year Julyish..



"Came too close to dying to stop living now!"

Bahaha. I live west of PCH. I'm not getting wet... not yet anyway!!

"The Master Cylinder"

Enjoying life at the beach in SOCAL

Pretty hard to be West of the Pacific Coast Hwy without getting wet, or being in a boat!!

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

Eeeep... That never even crossed my mind. Yes it does have a Clay Smith cam. That explains some things. Thanks for the info. I'm still going to check TOTAL advance to make sure it isn't advancing too far due to the initial timing being at ~ 16° BTDC.



I had a Pert I go out on me be I must admit it was my fault for leaving the key on with the engine S/D for some adjustments. It worked fine before that. I was using it to trigger my MSD 6A. That problem has supposedly been rectified with the II and III.



Finally someone answered my question about life EAST of PCH...

"The Master Cylinder"

Enjoying life at the beach in SOCAL

Great Topic,

How much total advance advisable with a Y Block, is 42 to much? How soon should it all be in, 2000 rpm, 2500 rpm? We have a 57 272 with G heads, cam shaft 238 @50, 16 degrees of overlap, .485 on intake and exhaust, 113 sep.

Please don't be afraid to hurt my feelings if the cam is to much for a 272 in a Custom 300 with 3 speed overdrive.

First stop will be to have the 57 distributor evaluated on a machine by a very reputable ignition specialist. Then a 57 autolite 4100 will replace the 600 Holly. The problem is we do not have a great deal of experience with Y block.

Thank you all!

Frank, hard to work out some of the symptoms our friends relate here for us to help, i,ve only heard that the pertronix 1st series could burn out if ignition left on for periods while testing things, i have 3 cars with pertronix 11 and correct coils for years with no problems and nice performance. I often think other nuances cause half the problems.

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

Master cyl, sounds like your engine has an other than stock cam. Y-Blocks just don't seem to run with less than 14° advance once any performance cam is installed. For what its worth, I had nothing but trouble with the basic Pertronix units but everyone I talked to loved them so I generally didn't say much about it.

Enjoying life EAST of PCH

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20 miles east of San Diego, 20 miles north of Mexico