wickedrx2

i wanted to know if someone could explain how u lock the distributor, i know it has to get welded but i know it has to be in a certain position and someone told me about removing some weights from it, this will be for a turbo set up, and finally once the distributor has been locked, where should i be on the timing mark using a timing light where should i be at, if anyone has done it please explain to me and please explain what i should be looking at the crank pully , i had a lot of problems trying to set the timing right ,
thanks

coldy13

To lock a dizzy you need to take it almost completely apart. Start at the top and just keep pulling things off until you see two weights with springs attached. Take off the springs and put the piece that goes on top of the weights back on. Turn that piece so the weights move all the way outward in those slots and then weld the weights in place. Now just put it back together.

Judge Ito

It takes me exactly 2 minutes to lock a first gen. distributor. It is not necessary to take the dist. apart. You dont need to weld nothing and you don't need to touch the balance weights. Basically a stock dist. locked in a few minutes.. and timing is always on point..

coldy13

He was asking how to do it himself, not who to send it to and pay $ to have it done. Timing is always on if you weld it too.

wickedrx2

well shouldnt the dist be angled a certain way before u welded besides removing the weight , doesnt matter were the dist is angle at , looking at the top of the dist theres a pointer and some degrees shouldnt this be in a certain position on a turbo set up, i heard it shoulkd be pointed a certain way, please if anyone knows let me know and where should the crank marke should be at ,looking at it with a gun
thanks again

mwatson184

Any more info on your magic Ito?

Judge Ito

Where in my post do you see I said send it to ME!!! or it will cost him X amount of money for me to lock his dist. Dude calm down. I was bringing attention to the fact that it's a big waste of time tearing the dist. apart to eliminate centrifugal timing advance.

I don't like taking the springs off or welding a dist. because it adds problem to the flexing of the distributor shaft. When the shaft bends from revving you find all kinds of problem with timing. Pick up coils not picking up timing correct because the shaft is flexing, Or the rotor breaking into many pieces inside the dist. cap.

I have spend many years working on rotaries to figure out the best way of locking a distributor. I'm not going to give it up for free and I don't want anybody to send me a dist. for me to lock it for MONEY LIKE YOU IMPLIED, but I want to let people aware that YES there is a better way of locking a dist. without welding, tearing it apart.

coldy13

I have one dizzy that I locked the way I said above and one stock. I think I'm gonna pull apart my other one and try to see if I can find another way to lock it.

REVHED

There is another method that I've used before. Start by removing the screw that holds the top part of the dizzy to the main shaft. Then you just have to figure out a way to lock the two together. I used a longer screw and one of the spacers that come with a set of skateboard bearings. It fits perfectly. Not sure if that's how Ito did it but it only takes 2 minutes. Just make sure the screw is far enough inside the shaft so the rotor sits correctly.