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duke36 · 01-29-2025, 12:02 AM

Jim in post 20 is correct; however the FSI zipper (with H.C.head) may need to be modified with different springs from FSI to get enough retard to prevent pinging (knock) on hills. Also, our zipper had no casting pin to lock the distributor to the head like a stock one.

01-29-2025, 12:02 AM	#23
duke36 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 1,425	Re: Current status of centrifugal advance distributors Jim in post 20 is correct; however the FSI zipper (with H.C.head) may need to be modified with different springs from FSI to get enough retard to prevent pinging (knock) on hills. Also, our zipper had no casting pin to lock the distributor to the head like a stock one.