As some of you know, my 86 V6 regal has been decomputerfied and has a big old Q-jet from a 73 Pontiac sitting up top. My question involves the distributer: I have my initial timing set at about 17* (was 15*, per the tag on the rad cover, until yesterday) and it runs fine. I went to the Autozone today to get an advance spring kit for an HEI. Got home, I popped off the cap and rotor and to my disbelief, there is no mechanical advance! Not even a provision for it! I though those extra wires sticking out of the dist were to replace the vacuum advance?? Anyway, is there a way to make this thing have mechanical advance without tearing apart the distributer? Or, am I stuck with 17* all the time?? Would taking it up to 20* ruin my idle quality (didn't seem to bad when I tried it last night) If I do have to tear it apart will any parts from a points distributer work? I've never tried swapping parts between the two different types. All of my HEI's are in vehicles that run, so I don't want to compromise their drivability for my crappy V6. I've already posted this over on the Regals with extra cylinders forum to get a little more traffic, so don't feel obligated to post on both. Thanks!!
