Posted by Charlie (IP: 131.204.15.192) on November 09, 2000 at 14:52:24:
In Reply to: Re: Balancers and Distributors posted by rickyracer on November 09, 2000 at 14:27:21:
All 302s are externally balanced. Vacuum advance will give you better gas mileage, for the track or hard street use mechanical advance will be consistant every time while vacuum advance isnt always. Performance wise you won't see a big difference either way. If you want trouble free (don't want to mess with tuning) go with a vacuum advance.-CP
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: : I have been researching harmonic balancers and I am unsure of a few things. First, is a '77 302 internally or externally balanced? Second, how big is the stock balancer? All the catalogs show a 6 5/8" size, is that correct? I figured I could do the reasearch on the bolts for the pulleys, ( I have four ) but the rest seems rather imparative to determine before hand.
: : Second topic: Is a vacuum advance distributor better than a mechanical advance? I would like to try a mechanical advance but I know very little about them. I don't want to get stuck with a distributor that I can't use because I didn't do my homework.
: : Thanks
: : Max