Back in the day, apparently one way to hop up your car for racing was to recurve the distributor so max advance came in at a lower RPM.

But, never was clear on the reasons factory specs. were so conservative, especially with 50's "race-on-Sunday, sell-on-Monday" mindset.



I KNOW the consequence of too much initial advance, but what happens when you cruise/run around town with an aggressive racing recurve?


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