69 Camaro Distributor

[Bigfish45]

I have a 1969 Camaro with the 396/325 hp engine. It still has the original Delco 1111497 points distributor in it which has the 732CCW points cam. Can anyone tell me how much mechanical advance these distributors have? If not, do you know someone to refer me to that might? No one in my area has a distributor machine to put it on. Thank you very much.

[ko-lek-tor]

From the Yenko site recently:
https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?p=1454948

[1971ls6]

I am in Michigan and have a machine. What are you looking for it to be? Does it have a bushing ? I would think high 20’s

[Stingr69]

I do not think the post on the Yenko site is right.  The last 2 digits describe the autocam so that part makes some sense. 

If you look at the factory tune up specs for a stock engine and original distributor, the "initial" timing setting is the key.  The sum of the "initial" tune up setting plus the advance available from the centrifugal advance mechanism is equal 36 degrees.  I do not know your initial tune up settings for that engine but it is published data. 

If I had to wild arse guess, I would go with 36 (total) - 32 (from the autocam ID number) = 4 degrees initial tune up spec.    How close am I?