firecore 440 distributor help
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10/15/16 08:50 PM
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hp340nos
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at the drags today and after doing a burnout, our firecore rb 440 distributor broke the teeth off the reluctor wheel.has only about 1000 miles street/track.it was running fine all day until this happened.everything is tight.checked all screws on the dist.we put a stock dist in to drive it home.will a reluctor wheel off a stock mopar fit the firecore?motor is very mild 400hp and shifted at 5300 to 5500rpm.
Last edited by hp340nos; 10/15/16 08:53 PM.
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Re: firecore 440 distributor help
[Re: DoubleD]
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10/16/16 11:42 PM
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Do your self a favor and throw it in the trash and order an MSD - the firecore/Summit/Jegs are junk! I'm starting to believe you are correct,I'm having some Firecore issues of my own.
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Re: firecore 440 distributor help
[Re: taxidermy man]
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10/17/16 10:10 AM
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Do your self a favor and throw it in the trash and order an MSD - the firecore/Summit/Jegs are junk! I'm starting to believe you are correct,I'm having some Firecore issues of my own. Can I ask what kind of issues are you having with yours? Just wanting a heads up. Mine seems to be fine. But its just a street car and doesn't get driven much.
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Re: firecore 440 distributor help
[Re: Uncle Barry]
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10/17/16 02:13 PM
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taxidermy man
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Do your self a favor and throw it in the trash and order an MSD - the firecore/Summit/Jegs are junk! I'm starting to believe you are correct,I'm having some Firecore issues of my own. Can I ask what kind of issues are you having with yours? Just wanting a heads up. Mine seems to be fine. But its just a street car and doesn't get driven much. Barry, been fighting a no spark issue for quite some time, I have 12 volts to the coil in the run position and about 10 cranking, new coil, new motherboard, good ground, every thing sees to check out, just doesn't work. I have it in the back of my head that it's something I'm doing wrong but I'm at a loss.
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Re: firecore 440 distributor help
[Re: taxidermy man]
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10/17/16 02:19 PM
10/17/16 02:19 PM
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Dodgeguy101
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Do your self a favor and throw it in the trash and order an MSD - the firecore/Summit/Jegs are junk! I'm starting to believe you are correct,I'm having some Firecore issues of my own. Can I ask what kind of issues are you having with yours? Just wanting a heads up. Mine seems to be fine. But its just a street car and doesn't get driven much. Barry, been fighting a no spark issue for quite some time, I have 12 volts to the coil in the run position and about 10 cranking, new coil, new motherboard, good ground, every thing sees to check out, just doesn't work. I have it in the back of my head that it's something I'm doing wrong but I'm at a loss. Just throwing this out there, but have you tried reversing the wires going to the distributor? I thought I read it will still start if they are reversed, but will run like crap. Might not be your problem, but just a suggestion.
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Re: firecore 440 distributor help
[Re: taxidermy man]
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10/17/16 04:51 PM
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Dodgeguy101
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Dodgeguy, are you saying to reverse the + - wires on the coil coming from the distributor? Thanks, didn't mean to hi jack this thread. Yes, only reason I say that, and not going to start a bashing here, but I had a firecore distributor, and i recently got a MSD distributor and the wires from each were different colors with the strip. I have a MSD 7al2 box I bought in the 80's at some point never used it until a few years ago. The wire color was different and had read allot of threads, but I guess I got lucky when I wired mine up. Was just a suggestion to try, not saying that is your problem, but I would try it to rule it out as a problem.
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Re: firecore 440 distributor help
[Re: Dodgeguy101]
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10/17/16 05:28 PM
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fourgearsavoy
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I still have the first Firecore50 distributor that Rick sold and it's still working great since the first day I got it. I have about 30 passes on it and a few thousand street miles with zero issues. I did have to switch the pickup polarity before I fired it up. Gus
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