Which distributor is everyone's preference
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I need to get a new IGN box / wires / coil and Distributor
Low deck big block
whats the current best option
Is everyone satisfied with MSD stuff ?
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Re: Which distributor is everyone's preference
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I like Firecore products.... I have one of their Distributors on my car. I know too many people that have issues with MSD ignitions.... Just my two cents!!
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Re: Which distributor is everyone's preference
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Get the entire package from Firecore50 just drop SunroofGTX a PM and he will hook you up with the good stuff.I haven't tried the ignition box yet but if my MSD 6Al ever fails I will give Rick a call for one of his ignition boxes. Gus
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MSd.Look at the track and see what most are running.Rocky
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Re: Which distributor is everyone's preference
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I still use the Mopar tach drive stuff...BUT if I were ever to change it all over,I would go with Mallory on everything.
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Re: Which distributor is everyone's preference
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MSD distributers are the worst engineered pieces of junk but at least they used crappy materials so they will rot away from the inside out
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MSD distributers are the worst engineered pieces of junk but at least they used crappy materials so they will rot away from the inside out
dang do you keep yours outside?
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PM sent. Is this for a race or streetcar? Talk to you in a little bit. You need to click and paste the whole below link, not just the underlined.. Thanks http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,109709.0.html
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I still use the Mopar tach drive stuff...BUT if I were ever to change it all over,I would go with Mallory on everything.
LOL,,,,,I'm still using a 40 year old tach driver too
Already spoke to Rick and will get dist,wires & coil from FireCore
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Car currently has basic set up
It has a stock (slightly re-worked) Mopar dist
And, 1st ... the "chrome" box
after 2-3 runs, car would shut off after the run and not re-fire for 5 minutes or so
So, bought another Chrome box
problem fixed ..
Until one night round 7
miss,miss,miss ..
I make it thru the round by dumb luck, hustle back swap the new one for the old one (cold)
Made it another round and then back to hard starting so ..
I bought a rev-e-nator
The claims the make .. hogwash
but, the car worked ok, no issues
But this year again after 3-4 runs
Runs like poo
I put a bag of ice on it between rounds and it run great until high gear and then missed and lost the round
so, I'm swapping batteries
Ign box
dist
wires
coil
and hoping that its gone ..
It will not miss on runs 1-2
3rd ..not often but
4th, 5th round every time
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MSD on all my junk.
No rust, flawless for many years and locked out w/no issues. Of course living out west helps w/the rust issues so many seem to have...........
I have one nearly 10 years old and still looks like new
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Inside car, on inner floorboard .. I don't think heat is a issue, its mounted on a stand for an air gap also Possible yes but, doubtful.. I think we can all agree the ol chrome boxes have never been great , and with them being made off shore now they are of less quality than ever And, I'm not much of a fan of the Rev-n-nator either .
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I have been running a D.U.I. for many years now on my sm blk. I like the 1 wire hook up all inclusive thing. Makes life simpler. They make a smaller cap version for BB valve cover clearance ( external coil ). Run they're jacketed 8MM wires also. I run a dedicated 12 gauge wire to it which keeps it supplied with 14 volts and output is 55K.
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Doubtful if the ECU gets enough cooling this way, but then again, they were supposed to operate good in an engine bay aswell.
I personally would like to create some 'forced' cooling with either an extra little fan blowing at it, or put it in a place where it gets fresh air, like the front of the radiator support.
I've ran a Mopar gold ECU once which lasted exactly 1 run. On the far end of the track the engine barely kept running and was just able to make it back to the pits. It was however mounted high on the front of the rad. support frame.
That kinda shoots the needing air theory then cause,not many places where it could see more air circulation than that ?
I think those Mopar(style) boxes are just plain lousy
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When I used to use the mopar boxes I always had two mounted in my Duster. One to get there and one to get home. I'm serious I always had two side by side just in case and the just in case came into play once in awhile.
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When I used to use the mopar boxes I always had two mounted in my Duster. One to get there and one to get home. I'm serious I always had two side by side just in case and the just in case came into play once in awhile.
I'm running 2 ECU's mounted right next to eachother aswell in my daily '73.
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MSD Dizzy here and its been good to me so far. Its coming out this winter and I am doing away with the carburetor and the MSD and going fuel injection with coil on plug.
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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
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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.
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.
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Re: Which distributor is everyone's preference
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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