Jack:
I highly recommend ADVANCED DISTRBUTORS (612-804-5543)for your recurving.
The vacuum advance springs are no longer available and Jeff can supply the
correct ones he has made up to recurve that any way you want it. He
specializes in Lucas distributors and is very reasonable as well as
knowlegable about originality. I have been to his shop and had my BJ8
distributor rebuilt. Not financial interest on my part just a happy
customer.
Regards,
Dan Stromquist
Jack,
Perhaps you could get your distributor recurved. Before that make sure your
springs and weights are all in there and attached and that the vacume
advance is working.
T
---- "Brashear wrote:
> Hi Michael and All, it's hair pulling time for me. Here's what I have
> right now: a newly rebuilt to stock BT7 Mk2 engine (29E) but using a
> BJ8 distributor with neg. ground Pertronix. Yes, I changed up the drive
> gear and got rid of the mechanical tach drive unit to install the 25D (I
> think) distributor. The car starts easily and runs very well at idle
> and low-ish rpm. However, when I try to accelerate, the car feels like
> it being pulled back by bungie straps...very lethargic and reluctant to
> move out. I've tried about every timing setting I can think of with not
> much change in performance. The dist rotor points approx. toward the
> front of the engine and the cap, wires and dist are in their normal
> positions. My question is...is the BJ8 dist a bad choice for the BT7
> Mk2 engine?? I feel the cam grinds are probably different...maybe the
> different dists make a bigger difference than I had imagined...?? I
> still have the original dist and apparatus...should I return to the
> stock distributor?? Somebody please help..!!
> Jack
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-healeys@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-healeys@Autox.Team.Net]
> On Behalf Of Michael Salter
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:34 AM
> To: Warthodson@aol.com; healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Ignition timing
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