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AL, I tried several setups and finally settled back on the original install: 1. Ported vacuum to ignition advance. Plugged the vacuum port on the manifold. Left the retard port open on the advance/retard unit. Retimed distributor. Worked fine, backfires more on decel than I wanted. 2. Ported vacuum ...

Are there any pros or cons to running just the ignition advance mechanism on the early cars that were fitted with both the advance and retard mechanism? Ie, I have been running my car ('82) with the ported vacuum (top of throttle body) to the ignition advance, and the full vacuum (bottom of throttle...

MD: Thanks!

I will be switching out the selector shafts and using the '85 gear box in my '82. We'll see how much i can mess it up!!!

cheers,

-rich

Rookie ROX: have you considered putting on one of these as a center resonator? http://hushpower.com/ they make a 2.25 and 2.5 inch inlet/outlet size. I bet a small inline resonator would cut down the vibs! but maybe too much noise reduction? I run: South African design headers custom flanges/pipes t...

Great topic! I am in a similar situation. My '82 box is on its last days, but I have an '85 gearbox waiting to take over. I'm not really interested in going to an iso shifter, so i need to figure out what mods are needed with the '85 box to mate it with the non-iso shifter. Do the clutch save cylind...