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wiring a procomp billet distributor: 3 wires????
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02/11/13 04:08 PM
02/11/13 04:08 PM
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Lima, Peru
domingo
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I have a Pro Comp 440 billet distributor like this one: http://www.competitionracingsupply.com/i...27_procomp.htmlIt has 3 wires coming out. A red one, a black one and an orange one. I am gonna wire it using an MSD 6AL ignition. How should I wire the distributor??? Should I wire it like the schematics that MSD suggests for a Mallory UNilite or 9000 series? Red wire on the dist goes to ignition key, white wire out of the MSD to the orange wire on the distributor, and black wire coming out of the distributor to ground???
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Re: wiring a procomp billet distributor: 3 wires????
[Re: domingo]
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02/11/13 05:54 PM
02/11/13 05:54 PM
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A gulag near you.
JohnRR
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pro comp tech line is non existent, they don't even have downloadable instructions sheet on their website.... 
Maybe they are too busy copying other companies products to do that . 
you didn't get one with it ?
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Re: wiring a procomp billet distributor: 3 wires????
[Re: domingo]
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02/11/13 05:59 PM
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Shelby mi.
JAKE68
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Since you are going to use a out side box I would not run it using those wires. use only the two wires that go to the pickup that way you are bypassing using two ignition boxes. Then you are using the dist. for just the pick up.Or just use the the ignition that is built in it and not the msd. Oh by the way the wires are red 12switched black ground and orange tach lead.
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Re: wiring a procomp billet distributor: 3 wires????
[Re: DoubleD]
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02/11/13 07:25 PM
02/11/13 07:25 PM
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Romeo MI
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RED - is positive 12v switched/key battery feed and (+) side of coil
BLACK - goes to chassis ground (-)
ORANGE - Negative (-) side of coil
If you use it this way you cant use the MSD....
that dist has its own amplifier in it.... but you
could do like Jake said... just use the pick up portion
of it then use the MSD...... you really did buy the
wrong dist to use with the MSD
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Re: wiring a procomp billet distributor: 3 wires????
[Re: domingo]
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02/11/13 07:54 PM
02/11/13 07:54 PM
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I bought it so long ago I dont remember,,,,,if I were to buy it today Id probably have gone with an MSD dist......oh well.....
Question is how do I wire just the pickup portion of it?????????????
If the diameter is right I would look at putting in
a stock Mopar dist pick up and plate... might need to
machine the housing on a lathe
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Re: wiring a procomp billet distributor: 3 wires????
[Re: domingo]
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02/11/13 08:04 PM
02/11/13 08:04 PM
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I was checking the MSD 6al diagrams and it says that you can hook up a ready to run dist to an MSD, and looks like it is just like the diagram I posted basically...
However there is a "NOTE" that says that the ignition modulke of the distributor will still trigger the MSD.
So it can be done, the question now is: is there a downside to that????
Wire it up that way and see... it might just give the
MSD a real strong signal (from the dist amplifier)
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Re: wiring a procomp billet distributor: 3 wires????
[Re: domingo]
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02/11/13 09:25 PM
02/11/13 09:25 PM
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Don't want to be the carrier of bad news... But that ProComp distributor is low quality and poor reliability... Suggest you upgrade to a Mopar, MSD or Mallory.. Just my $0.02.. 
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