Are you using the SV faceplate on your tach? How did you calibrate it?
-----Original Message-----
From: William Lewis, M.D. <wrlewis(at)ucdavis.edu>
To: alpines(at)autox.team.net <alpines(at)autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, March 24, 1999 2:37 PM
Subject: distributor swaps
>Sergio
> The early series cable driven distributor won't mate directly with a
>series V motor. The early distributor housing is 3/8" too long making the
>distributor 3/8" too short to reach the pump drive in the block. I built
an
>adaptor by getting another driver dog, grinding it down to 3/8", notching
>the top of the dog to mate with with bottom of the early distributor,
>welding in another post into the bottom of the driver dog, pressing the dog
>onto the bottom of the early distributor, and installed it into my series V
>motor in my series II car. No problems several years later.
>Bill Lewis
>Mostly Series II
>
>>>Tell me about it...I drove my Series V with 3.89 gears to my dad's house
>>>last weekend and had to run 4000-5000 RMP just to keep up with traffic. I
>>>know my tach is a little off but it's not that far off. I'm still looking
>>>for an early cable driven tach and info on changing the original
faceplate
>>>with a late faceplate to match the rest of my gauges. Can that be/has
been
>>>done?
>>>Sergio
>>>1967 Sunbeam Alpine
>>>Series V 'AJNT 86'
>>>still working on it but getting closer!
>>>
>>>
>>
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