Pissed off with motor, want to change

jimmyray said
Did you even read my comment, or do you just want to argue?

Before you call me "buddy" re-read my reply to your correct statement. I agreed with you!

The reluctor and the rotor are LOCKED TOGETHER on the same shaft. However, the rotor/reluctor's position relative to the pickup/distributor cap does change, else you would get no advance. The keyed shaft that fits the oil pump drive shaft always stays locked to the cam/oil pump drive. The shaft the reluctor/rotor is mounted to advances up to 15 degrees (30 timing degrees) relative to the oil pump drive, controlled by the counterweights and the springs.

So you are now saying that what you posted earlier IS NOT TRUE?

jimmyray said
.....................................However, at TDC, when timing is set to 0, the rotor should be 5-15 degrees AFTER the #1 wire location on the distributor. Therefor, as the mechanical advance kicks in, the it gets closer to center and then a few degrees positioned BEFORE the #1 wire location.............................................

...................Since the Distributor rotates once for every 2 engine rotations, that means the spark has to jump 1/2 that range of advance, e.g. 27.5 degrees....................................

......................If the starting position of the rotor is aligned too close to the #1 position on the cap. Thus, when you add 27 degrees, you are over 1/2 way to the next cylinder in rotation, and all kinds of weird things happen.................................

All I want here is the TRUTH. The TRUTH is that the rotor does not change position in relation to the plug towers as the mechanical advance operates AT THE TIME THE SPARK FIRES. What this means is, that if the rotor tip is barely in alignment with the plug tower, corner to corner at say, initial timing, then with mechanical "all in" the ROTOR AND TOWER will still be at the same alignment so far as mechanical is concerned.

If you agree with that, then OK