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My post only states my opinion...that your post looked suspicious. You state "I don't know why you guys want to bring this up hurtful..." I only saw where you brought up anything about transgenderism. Not picking on you, just calling it as I see it. Did the Vintage Mustang Forum tell you...

I actually started by sending him a private message. I think he must be traveling or something as that was about a week ago.

Here's the signal where the vacuum advance is disconnected & plugged. The dashed blue line is 3000RPM, which is the point where the noise (or whatever it is) begins. Edit: 3000RPM is also the full-in RPM for centrifugal advance....I'm not exactly sure when it's all in, but somewhere between...

Thanks Don, the distributor is a new Cardone unit and bushing is nice and tight.

Not sure how far off I am just yet. I cut a hole in a distributor cap and used a timing light to see where the rotor was when it fired....but I forgot to zero the advance on the light so my observations are off by 13 degrees (where the light was set for base timing). Dought! I thought maybe...

Yeah, I've heard of doing that when the trigger points aren't all precisely 45 degrees apart. The example I saw was checking timing on #1 and #6 since they both would flash TDC on the balancer. I'd be afraid of snapping off a blade.

Here's a picture of a reluctor with setscrew installed. This is not mine, but I'm considering this....if nothing else to determine the optimized clocking.

Do any of you know what is available to adjust the phase on a durapark distributor? I've seen where a guy drilled and tapped the reluctor for a set screw so he could rotate it wherever he wanted. Have any of you tried that? Seems like it might be unreliable. I've seen adjustable rotors, but...

I no longer have clear access with a jack to use #1 (engine cross member), but I can't count how many times I've used it in the past without issue. Unclear what your #2 points to, but do not jack there! The Struts are the angled rods at the left and right end of #3. #3 Is not the radiator...

From the throttle linkage peeking out below the air filter, I'd say you have a holley carb, but hard to say for certain w/o removing the filter. @Hemikiller The breadth of your knowledge is impressive.

Some humor analogous to the thread subject :)

Suspicious looking post....already banned from the Vintage Mustang forum. https://www.vintage-mustang.com/threads/hi-so-im-picking-up-my-71-mach-1-on-monday-would-you-modify-it-or-keep-it-original.1224668/

When I turned wrenches for a living, timing belts were becoming common and failures were frequent. I came to know the distinct cranking sound in short order...some were pass-through, some were not....pretty expensive fix on those that were not.

My truck is high up on the frequent theft list....I use the club for the deterrent aspect. I know it can be defeated, but it's better than nothing. As has been stated, make the other cars more attractive. In college, I had a 1970 bronco, bikini-top, with a 3 speed. I used a lock that hooked...

My bad, I misread your post.

I recommend you avoid the stop leak. The products for oil leaks have solvents that soften and swell up the rubber gaskets....they may end up ruining or shortening the life of your front cover and rear main seals.

The head gaskets are marked with FRONT. One gasket will appear to be upside down, compared to the other. This has tripped up more than a few not familiar with the cleveland. Another telltale that a gasket is on backwards, is gurgling sounds coming from the engine. Also, make sure the lower...

The paperclip test is a simple way to determine if the secondaries are opening, but many people don't realize that you have to run the engine hard (put the throttle to the floor like you're drag racing) to get them to open. If you're just revving the engine in neutral, you'll be very hard...

Yes, it's a very good insulator. The thermal conductivity of aluminum is about 170 W/m-K vs 0.3 for G3 (a type of phenolic material). That's says heat will transfer coefficient is more than 600 times greater than G3 phenolic for the same thickness/distance.

When I saw the subject, I was hoping it was one of those things Elon Musk sold a few years ago. Haha