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sb distributor #1711829 12/17/14 02:44 AM 12/17/14 02:44 AM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 143 Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA madmax2 OP member
madmax2 OP member Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 143 Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA	I need to change my distributor (MP of the late nineties). Currently I'm using a MP Chrome Box. What do you recommend? Do I keep my ignition system and also do a total change? '70 Dodge GTX sb 418ci (Early A-body), Lunati Solid cam 270°/243°@.050/.548", Edelbrock Heads, Weiand X-CELerator, Holley Terminator EFI, Tremec 6 sp manual, 3.90:1, TTI Headers.

Re: sb distributor [Re: madmax2] #1711830 12/17/14 04:11 AM 12/17/14 04:11 AM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,517 pacific northwest S Stroker Scamp master
Stroker Scamp master S Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,517 pacific northwest	your budget will dictate where your next move will be. plenty of people out there using stock recurved distributors and plenty using all after market stuff. What are your goals with the motor? footbrake N/A SB 408 Scamp 10.10 @ 132 street/strip 73 Duster 340 street strip 12.79 @ 105

Re: sb distributor [Re: Stroker Scamp] #1711831 12/19/14 02:18 AM 12/19/14 02:18 AM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 143 Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA madmax2 OP member
madmax2 OP member Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 143 Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA	I don't want a race car. I will not compete, I just want a nice car that run well and put the best parts I can. I need from their experiences and recommendations. Thanks Last edited by madmax2; 12/19/14 02:19 AM. '70 Dodge GTX sb 418ci (Early A-body), Lunati Solid cam 270°/243°@.050/.548", Edelbrock Heads, Weiand X-CELerator, Holley Terminator EFI, Tremec 6 sp manual, 3.90:1, TTI Headers.

Re: sb distributor [Re: madmax2] #1711832 12/19/14 02:40 AM 12/19/14 02:40 AM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI MR_P_BODY Master
MR_P_BODY Master Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI	Quote: I don't want a race car. I will not compete, I just want a nice car that run well and put the best parts I can. I need from their experiences and recommendations. Thanks Are you gonna run advance or lock it out

Re: sb distributor [Re: madmax2] #1711833 12/19/14 03:13 PM 12/19/14 03:13 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 7,506 Az Crizila master
Crizila master Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 7,506 Az	Quote: I don't want a race car. I will not compete, I just want a nice car that run well and put the best parts I can. I need from their experiences and recommendations. Thanks D.U.I. All inclusive 1 wire hook up( 2 with the tach ). Adjustable mech & vacuum advance. Puts out 50K plus. Rev limiter and other options available. Fastest 300

Re: sb distributor [Re: madmax2] #1711834 12/19/14 06:53 PM 12/19/14 06:53 PM
Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 4,457 Washington M madscientist master
madscientist master M Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 4,457 Washington	Unilite and a Mallory Digital 6 and be done with it. Just because you think it won't make it true. Horsepower is KING. To dispute this is stupid. C. Alston

Re: sb distributor [Re: madscientist] #1711835 12/19/14 07:41 PM 12/19/14 07:41 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,376 D dogdays I Live Here
dogdays I Live Here D Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,376	Why do you "need" to change your distributor? Whatever. You could do far worse than buying the Firecore stuff, the guy's a board member and seems to be straight up. The distributor is supposed to be really easy to set up. R. I would disagree with the Unilite, it's too easy to lose the lite and a replacement one is quite expensive.

Re: sb distributor [Re: dogdays] #1711836 12/19/14 08:14 PM 12/19/14 08:14 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI MR_P_BODY Master
MR_P_BODY Master Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI	Quote: Why do you "need" to change your distributor? Whatever. You could do far worse than buying the Firecore stuff, the guy's a board member and seems to be straight up. The distributor is supposed to be really easy to set up. R. I would disagree with the Unilite, it's too easy to lose the lite and a replacement one is quite expensive. the Firecore is a nice unit.. will work great with your currant ignition

Re: sb distributor [Re: MR_P_BODY] #1711837 12/19/14 11:11 PM 12/19/14 11:11 PM
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,554 Rittman Ohio fourgearsavoy I Live Here
fourgearsavoy I Live Here Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,554 Rittman Ohio	X2 on the Firecore distributor Gus 8367688-rearviewsavoy.jpg (48 downloads) 64 Plymouth Savoy 493 Indy EZ's by Nick at Compu-Flow 5-Speed Richmond faceplate Liberty box Dana 60

Re: sb distributor [Re: dogdays] #1711838 12/20/14 05:24 PM 12/20/14 05:24 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 143 Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA madmax2 OP member
madmax2 OP member Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 143 Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA	my old MP distributor not have mech advance setting and is very hackneyed. What feedback have about Firecore billet distributor? https://www.customwiresets.com/product.php?productid=16293&cat=252&page=1 What about this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/350975530174 '70 Dodge GTX sb 418ci (Early A-body), Lunati Solid cam 270°/243°@.050/.548", Edelbrock Heads, Weiand X-CELerator, Holley Terminator EFI, Tremec 6 sp manual, 3.90:1, TTI Headers.

Re: sb distributor [Re: dogdays] #1711839 12/20/14 11:48 PM 12/20/14 11:48 PM
Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 4,457 Washington M madscientist master
madscientist master M Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 4,457 Washington	Been using the Unilite's since 1981 and have never lost a light. Have one in my current car. Been in there since 2002. The ONLY two ways to kill the photocell is to jump start the car with the dizzy plugged in, or to try and start a dead battery with a battery charger. You can buy a $40.00 filter as well. They are virtually bullet proof, but evidently not idiot proof as many have killed their photocells doing exactly what Mallory has said not to do since the Unilite was intorduced. Just because you think it won't make it true. Horsepower is KING. To dispute this is stupid. C. Alston

Re: sb distributor [Re: madscientist] #1711840 12/21/14 04:06 AM 12/21/14 04:06 AM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,193 Bend,OR USA C Cab_Burge I Win
Cab_Burge I Win C Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,193 Bend,OR USA	Quote: Been using the Unilite's since 1981 and have never lost a light. Have one in my current car. Been in there since 2002. The ONLY two ways to kill the photocell is to jump start the car with the dizzy plugged in, or to try and start a dead battery with a battery charger. You can buy a $40.00 filter as well. They are virtually bullet proof, but evidently not idiot proof as many have killed their photocells doing exactly what Mallory has said not to do since the Unilite was intorduced. I've heard way to many horror storys about the old Unilites dying going down the road in traffic on almost every brand of car that they where made for No lites out for me, especially in traffic Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)

Re: sb distributor [Re: Cab_Burge] #1711841 12/21/14 07:31 PM 12/21/14 07:31 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,238 Nevada D dezduster pro stock
dezduster pro stock D Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,238 Nevada	I GAVE my POS unilites away dual ballast eye burning junk. I was getting them complete at cost, and after the second eye died I had had enough because the eye was costing me 25$ less than a whole new dizzy. Then the new mopar performance distributors were made by Mallory and the advance weights are believed to be to light however the two I have work fine. I have an MSD pro billit and it works well, the MSD Ecurve works very well for me and super easy to tune. I believe you would do well with a Firecore as well.The only experience I have had with them the service was exceptional the quality superb.

Re: sb distributor [Re: Cab_Burge] #1711842 12/21/14 07:39 PM 12/21/14 07:39 PM
Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 4,457 Washington M madscientist master
madscientist master M Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 4,457 Washington	Quote: Quote: Been using the Unilite's since 1981 and have never lost a light. Have one in my current car. Been in there since 2002. The ONLY two ways to kill the photocell is to jump start the car with the dizzy plugged in, or to try and start a dead battery with a battery charger. You can buy a $40.00 filter as well. They are virtually bullet proof, but evidently not idiot proof as many have killed their photocells doing exactly what Mallory has said not to do since the Unilite was intorduced. I've heard way to many horror storys about the old Unilites dying going down the road in traffic on almost every brand of car that they where made for No lites out for me, especially in traffic So you "heard" all these horror stories but have no experience in the topic, and you feel obliged to post? Guess I just make this [Edited by Moparts - Family Friendly Site - Keep it clean] up in the land of nevermore with unicorns and all the young dudes wear nail polish. Just because you think it won't make it true. Horsepower is KING. To dispute this is stupid. C. Alston

Re: sb distributor [Re: dezduster] #1711843 12/21/14 07:41 PM 12/21/14 07:41 PM
Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 4,457 Washington M madscientist master
madscientist master M Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 4,457 Washington	Quote: I GAVE my POS unilites away dual ballast eye burning junk. I was getting them complete at cost, and after the second eye died I had had enough because the eye was costing me 25$ less than a whole new dizzy. Then the new mopar performance distributors were made by Mallory and the advance weights are believed to be to light however the two I have work fine. I have an MSD pro billit and it works well, the MSD Ecurve works very well for me and super easy to tune. I believe you would do well with a Firecore as well.The only experience I have had with them the service was exceptional the quality superb. It was once said that "some guys can break a bowling ball in a sand box". Guess it is true. Next time you give away a Unilite, hook me up bro. I'd take them all. BTW and FWIW...you DO NOT use the ballast with a Unilite...............but you already knew that, didn't ya? Just because you think it won't make it true. Horsepower is KING. To dispute this is stupid. C. Alston

Re: sb distributor [Re: madscientist] #1711844 12/21/14 07:56 PM 12/21/14 07:56 PM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 12,271 Overpriced Housing Central RobX4406 I Live Here
RobX4406 I Live Here Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 12,271 Overpriced Housing Central	I sold more unilite distributors than probably anyone in the country for about a 4 year period. Plenty of those cells died, it's a fact of life with electronics. Only HP matters... LMAO... Go beat your head against a wall and quit being a wannabe know-it-all fricken dick. Nothing like having your condescending jackassery to warm up the holidays. GFY It's the west coast version of the masshole. LOL

Re: sb distributor [Re: RobX4406] #1711845 12/21/14 08:45 PM 12/21/14 08:45 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI MR_P_BODY Master
MR_P_BODY Master Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI	I bought a Unilite because they were reasonably priced.. it ran about a month at the track.. sent it back to the manufacturer for warranty... they said I was to rough on it and it was not covered.. I told them it was on a race car... finally I told them to keep the POS and I bought a MP one.. I have a MSD on one engine and a couple of MP ones on others... if I need another for anything I will purchase a Firecore.. Rich has always been good to me

Re: sb distributor [Re: madmax2] #1711846 12/21/14 11:41 PM 12/21/14 11:41 PM
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,645 Phila. Pa. Mattax top fuel
Mattax top fuel Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,645 Phila. Pa.	Quote: my old MP distributor not have mech advance setting and is very hackneyed. .... You lost me here and with your goals. Are you looking for an easily adjustable mechanical advance limiter? If so, that's easy to fix if you're willing to take it apart. It can be limited by welding or brazing the slot, installing a preslotted plate (such as sold by FBO). Yes some aftermarket distributors make adjusting the advance limit easier. So that is an option too. The two distributors you picture are rather different. One has no vacuum advance and will require the later style spark plug wires, and your going to have to add a connector for the signal/trigger wires. The other has a vacuum advance and requires nothing else to hook up to your existing system. As far as the ECU goes, there were several different Chrome boxes made over the years. Might be useful to see if there is any number on it and then ask if someone can check the Mopar Engine Book. It's probably fine for street use. Hot rod parts are not always made better than stock. Sometimes they are better for racing, sometimes they are better on the street too, sometimes they are neither.

Re: sb distributor [Re: RobX4406] #1711847 12/22/14 12:35 AM 12/22/14 12:35 AM
Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 4,457 Washington M madscientist master
madscientist master M Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 4,457 Washington	Quote: I sold more unilite distributors than probably anyone in the country for about a 4 year period. Plenty of those cells died, it's a fact of life with electronics. Only HP matters... LMAO... Go beat your head against a wall and quit being a wannabe know-it-all fricken dick. Nothing like having your condescending jackassery to warm up the holidays. GFY It's the west coast version of the masshole. LOL Well dayum, you must know it all then. Good to know. Just so you know...you don't know very much, as it is a physical impossibility for me to GFM. So just bite me. Just because you think it won't make it true. Horsepower is KING. To dispute this is stupid. C. Alston

Re: sb distributor [Re: madscientist] #1711848 12/22/14 01:31 AM 12/22/14 01:31 AM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 20,174 PA. pittsburghracer "Little"John
pittsburghracer "Little"John Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 20,174 PA.	I think someone needs a vacation. 1970 Duster Edelbrock headed 408 5.984@112.52 422 Indy headed small block 5.982@112.56 mph 9.42@138.27 Livin and lovin life one day at a time

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