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Dwell Adjustment

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Dwell Adjustment

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Been trouble shooting a rough idle, low performance problem for a long while on my 312 in a 56 Merc with stock distributor. I hooked up a dwell, RPM.volt meter and noticed that the dwell increases as I throttle the carb. Is this indicating a bad distributor? Also, The volt meter is reading 7 volts. What should this reading be and is 7 a low reading?

Thank You - AR


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Forum Post If you do get a later distributor you will have to update the manifold... By Y block Billy ( 15 Years Ago )
Forum Post Y-Block Bill! Even adding just the later distributor will make a big... By oldcarmark ( 15 Years Ago )
Forum Post If I remember correctly, Ted said in another thread that you can use... By paul2748 ( 15 Years Ago )
Forum Post You cant use the one that worked with the stock distributor because... By oldcarmark ( 15 Years Ago )
Forum Post Your right! The original Carter thats on the engine has a vacuum port... By SurfMerc ( 15 Years Ago )
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Forum Post [quote][b]GREENBIRD56 (9/21/2010
"the torque advantage of the... By DANIEL TINDER ( 15 Years Ago )
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Forum Post Mark,

Just going by my own experience. Original Loadomatic... By DANIEL TINDER ( 15 Years Ago )


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