Ok here what happened, its a HEI Gm small block distributor and last weekend it wouldnt let the engine go over 3000rpm at the race track. My question is what in the distributor would not allow the engine to go over 3000rpm???? I have been thinking but nothings come to mind yet. I hate the feeling of not knowing what is wrong with it so thats why I am askin' here.

 

What was the timing value at 3000 rpm ?

 

That I wouldnt know, we just swapped one from my old nova small block. Im sorry i dont know the timing value you are looking for, we were more concerned about gettin our engine n trans back in the car b4 the race yesterday. Would you have any idea of what internal distibutor part it could be though??

 

Centrifigal Advance Weights or Heavy duty springs on them.

If the distributor allowed for say ...35-50* advance then that won't be the rev limiter.

Had you put a timing light on it at that RPM you could verify the degrees of advance.

 

Ok, well thanks for the input man, now I know what can be the calprit for this stuff if it happens again. This was the first time I had ever ran into it so I wasnt sure what to do when it happened. - My other question is who does this happen to more Gm-Ford-Chrysler? or is it just a thing that happens when every distributor gets to a point of in need of rebuilding?

 

It could be the coil or the module.



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Thanks for the info on your product, I wont be getting a new one for the race car, but a guy mentioned your distributor for the 460 stroker im buidling for my Nova. As for the rest of the system I was thinkin MSD, - its gona be 520 cubes - cam is gona have a .542/ .552 lift on it and I have a Weiand Stealth intake manifold I dont kno the compression yet tho. what would you recommend for the engine I am building Mr sponsor? Do you guys just make the distributors? or do you also make a HiPo ignition systems also?

 

[QUOTE=385seriesHemi]Thanks for the info on your product, I wont be getting a new one for the race car, but a guy mentioned your distributor for the 460 stroker im buidling for my Nova. As for the rest of the system I was thinkin MSD, - its gona be 520 cubes - cam is gona have a .542/ .552 lift on it and I have a Weiand Stealth intake manifold I dont kno the compression yet tho. what would you recommend for the engine I am building Mr sponsor? Do you guys just make the distributors? or do you also make a HiPo ignition systems also?[/QUOT

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