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40 Deluxe · 09-09-2021, 07:14 PM

The Chevy point type distributor conversion works well, especially with the different carb you have on it. The original distributor spark advance will not work with a non-original carb.
The 8BA heads are a better choice over the low compression 8CM heads (larger chambers to keep the compression down to run on regular gas of the day). A cheap hop up trick of the day was to put the Ford heads on your Mercury.

09-09-2021, 07:14 PM	#3
40 Deluxe Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: now Kuna, Idaho Posts: 3,781	Re: New guy with a 1952 Flathead The Chevy point type distributor conversion works well, especially with the different carb you have on it. The original distributor spark advance will not work with a non-original carb. The 8BA heads are a better choice over the low compression 8CM heads (larger chambers to keep the compression down to run on regular gas of the day). A cheap hop up trick of the day was to put the Ford heads on your Mercury.