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Re: Which distributor is everyone's preference [Re: sunroofgtx] #1634125
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Ignition box msd; distributor stock shift at 7000 rpm. Hasn't caused a problem yet.

Re: Which distributor is everyone's preference [Re: JACK1440] #1634126
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MP tach drive dist. Crane Box and coil, Firecore wires.

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1996 Ram 1500 Sport
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1952 Sears Allstate licensed, pump gas, Hemi 5.98 @ 115.73 1.33 60 ft. The best is yet to come. Painless Performance / Street RODDER magazine Top 100 for 2019
Re: Which distributor is everyone's preference [Re: Hemi Allstate] #1634127
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Mallory Ignition Box - HyFire VIIS easy to set up,
Stock Dis, MSD crank trigger.
Jim

Re: Which distributor is everyone's preference [Re: Triple Threat] #1634128
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I have an 11 year old MSD pro billet distributor on my hemi. The inside is crusty looking, but never had a problem w/ it. Recently switched to a crank trigger...runs the same. The rust evidently doesn't hurt anything.
For a crank trigger deal, you can run pretty much any distributor and be fine.

I have MSD 6al boxes on all our cars. I don't care for the MP boxes and the ridiculous claims made about the Rev-n-ator were enough to convince me never to buy one.


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Re: Which distributor is everyone's preference [Re: JACK1440] #1634129
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Has anybody used one of the inexpensive ones on the market now?

At $55 for a new distributor with good features, somebody must have tried them.
Ebay link - 440 Mopar Distributor
Quote:

• A billet of 6061 - T6 aluminum CNC is machined into a perfect housing for incredible strength, precision and looks.

• Sealed ball bearings, sintered bushing, 1/2 inch hardened steel shaft
• Extremely accurate magnetic pickup which never requires adjustment.
• Designed with a small base and cap to suit all makes and models.
• This is mainly used in high performance vehicles which have space limitations around the engine.



Re: Which distributor is everyone's preference [Re: 440Jim] #1634130
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Looks like the same as the Pro-Comp one - I got one in a box - I used it for a month - yours for the shipping

Re: Which distributor is everyone's preference [Re: DoubleD] #1634131
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MP tach drive dist is my choise as they are relyebell ! Im not so inprest of what every one seam to go for as almost al parts are assembeld in Taiwan these days for more profit what ever they advertyse and brag about so the only thing i use from MSD is the coil as the Revenator works good whit that.

Re: Which distributor is everyone's preference [Re: 440Jim] #1634132
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Quote:

Has anybody used one of the inexpensive ones on the market now?

At $55 for a new distributor with good features, somebody must have tried them.
Ebay link - 440 Mopar Distributor
Quote:

• A billet of 6061 - T6 aluminum CNC is machined into a perfect housing for incredible strength, precision and looks.

• Sealed ball bearings, sintered bushing, 1/2 inch hardened steel shaft
• Extremely accurate magnetic pickup which never requires adjustment.
• Designed with a small base and cap to suit all makes and models.
• This is mainly used in high performance vehicles which have space limitations around the engine.







yep, if you look back a page you'll even see my pic of my motor with one fitted. as I said in my post, it's a great dizzy but it's internal magnetic trigger is rubbish, but if you're using a crank trigger, these dizzys work well.

Re: Which distributor is everyone's preference [Re: bigdad] #1634133
06/18/14 01:55 AM
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I like and use the stock Mopar magnetic pickup distributors with vacume and mecahical advance. I weld the slots up to limit the mechanical advance to 18 to 20 crankshaft degrees , 9 to 10 distributor degrees, so I can set the initial timing at or cloes to 14 to 16 BTDC I buy the Mr Gasket Chevy distributor spring advance kit and use both of those skinny little short rascals I think the Mr G part # is 25B, if not let me know and I'll go out in the shop tomorrow and verify the correct part number for you


Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)
Re: Which distributor is everyone's preference [Re: rebel] #1634134
06/19/14 03:57 PM
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yep, if you look back a page you'll even see my pic of my motor with one fitted. as I said in my post, it's a great dizzy but it's internal magnetic trigger is rubbish, but if you're using a crank trigger, these dizzys work well.


When I first read your post I missed the connection to the ProComp distributor in the middle, I looked it over too quickly. I imagine most of these off brand ones are made in the same factory. Thanks for the feedback.
I used a stock distributor with the weights welded with my crank trigger for many years. But now I am waiting on a KB alumuminum block and their "low deck" still uses a RB distributor so I need to buy something. For $55 I could disable the mechanical advance for use with my crank trigger and MSD ignition box. New housing (CNC), new ball bearings, etc. and it clears the valve covers with Indy heads

Re: Which distributor is everyone's preference [Re: Cab_Burge] #1634135
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Quote:

I like and use the stock Mopar magnetic pickup distributors with vacume and mecahical advance. I weld the slots up to limit the mechanical advance to 18 to 20 crankshaft degrees , 9 to 10 distributor degrees, so I can set the initial timing at or cloes to 14 to 16 BTDC I buy the Mr Gasket Chevy distributor spring advance kit and use both of those skinny little short rascals I think the Mr G part # is 25B, if not let me know and I'll go out in the shop tomorrow and verify the correct part number for you




The Mr.Gasket spring # for Chrysler electronic dist. Is #925B

Re: Which distributor is everyone's preference [Re: 440Jim] #1634136
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MSD for years now with no problems


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Re: Which distributor is everyone's preference [Re: megajoltman] #1634137
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I have this dist sitting here.. I think its a MP part
and its pretty nice.. easy to set the advance on.. just
loosen a screw and slide the advance and tighten the
screw.. this one is new but I forgot where I got it from

8181345-DSC00068.JPG (76 downloads)
Re: Which distributor is everyone's preference [Re: MR_P_BODY] #1634138
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A close up of how you adjust the advance

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Re: Which distributor is everyone's preference [Re: MR_P_BODY] #1634139
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Factory stock elec dist. (most are free) with one tiny spring, all in when started, MSD 6 or 7 and right coil. Then worry about other things more important. All i used since 1974, still got the 7 box with the 5 pin hook up. So simple a cave man can use one.

Re: Which distributor is everyone's preference [Re: cudaman1969] #1634140
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Factory stock elec dist. (most are free) with one tiny spring, all in when started, MSD 6 or 7 and right coil. Then worry about other things more important. All i used since 1974, still got the 7 box with the 5 pin hook up. So simple a cave man can use one.


My MSD 404 C box quit at the MATS race three years ago, it was Sunday morning, I was the first car in the left lane for the first round of Pro and the box to a hike I had a spare MSD7C in the trailer that I could have swapped and bought back in but I figure it wasn't meant to be that day so I put in the trailer and towed it home 850 miles without a fisrt round win Nothing last forever, even the best parts die and wear out


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Re: Which distributor is everyone's preference [Re: Cab_Burge] #1634141
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Add me to the list still using the old MP tach drive dizzy. Still using the old mechanical SW tach, too, left over from the old factory race days.....


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Re: Which distributor is everyone's preference [Re: Steve1118] #1634142
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Quote:

Add me to the list still using the old MP tach drive dizzy. Still using the old mechanical SW tach, too, left over from the old factory race days.....




Same here and I'm not changing it..no reason to.


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Re: Which distributor is everyone's preference [Re: bigdad] #1634143
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I am building a spare stock distributor and am going to test it on the street with a Pertronics II inside against my current MP adjustable dist and stock mopar electronic ignition. A few years ago I took out my chrome ECU and installed a stock ECU from the early 70s and it ran I think better than the chrome box. So I have a stock real mopar ECU in there now.
Welded up the slots the other night. I still have have to fine tune the weld, won't know that until I get it in the car since I don't have a dist machine. I do have a spare sb sitting ready to run, I may use it to fine tune my mechanical advance?



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