Computer controlled to vacuum advance distributor swap.
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Computer controlled to vacuum advance distributor swap.
I am looking to tune my 1985 TPI Camaro with a 305. It has a cam, headers. And all the emissions devices are bypassed or removed. I want to tune the timing curve for the cam i have. Obviously the computer controlled cannot be changed but can i put a vacuum advance distributor in its place? Then i would be able to adjust the curve. The reason i want to adjust is because at wide open throttle it seems like timing is retarding itself. I have verified base timing is correct and i bumped it two degrees to 8. That seemed to help the power a little but i still have a dead spot right at the top. Not really bogging just feels like it looses power. Like it looses about 100 horse but still accelerates.
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Re: Computer controlled to vacuum advance distributor swap.
The best mod you can make now is to upgrade from the 870 ecm $1f to the 86-89 1227165 ecm and run $6e mask.
Like drew pointed out the ecm is in control of the timing and you can change the timing table if you have the right hardware. Your ecm is outdated and uses a old 2732 prom. This can be upgraded to a flash eeprom but it’s not worth messing with such a slow baud rate ecm.
Like drew pointed out the ecm is in control of the timing and you can change the timing table if you have the right hardware. Your ecm is outdated and uses a old 2732 prom. This can be upgraded to a flash eeprom but it’s not worth messing with such a slow baud rate ecm.
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Re: Computer controlled to vacuum advance distributor swap.
So the computer controlled distributor acts as an angle sensor for injector timing aswell? If thats the case then im better off going carb because i have a motor swap planned later on and all those parts will fit on basically every sbc.
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Re: Computer controlled to vacuum advance distributor swap.
Use your current motor to learn to tune and then after the swap you can take advantage of modern technology
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