I have a mallory yc 343 hp distributor that my dad had in a 70s ltd. I am buying a 67 f250 with a 390. a: is this a good distributor b: dose some no were to find or how to make the street/strip switch/resitor for it(its lost in my garage) c: its missing something that gose on the side and conects with the points
I can fix the distributor, BUT what engine was it in , the fe needs a fe distributor. I have then used as well if needed...pm.....
390 fe and its an fe distributor barely used. the in side of the mallory still looks new. my dad did not like the sacorfice of gas for power it had. I am just trying to find whats not there.
I just talked with my dad and the ltd had a 390ho 800 carb 4:11 rear gear. it did not get gas mileage to start off with but this distributor was perfect for the car. my dad did not want to be the culprit for worse gas millage so he only had the distributor on for a month. The switch I am talking about sat on the bottom of the dash, was blue, 6in long, had a variable ballast resister behind it, said mallory on one side and the other had a switch that said street/strip, dose any one know where I can find that ballast resister? I think its a condenser that's missing from the side of the distributor.
I think in an F250 you will be MUCH happier with a distributor that has vacuum advance. PerTronix has come out with a Plug and Play electronic dist for the FE that is a two wire connection and has vac advance. I have one in my 32 and my Falcon and it works great. Check it out at Summit part #PNX-D133701
I don't have functioning vacuum advance on my truck because the a previous owner crimped the port on the dizzy, I have no problem with having no vacuum advance. I am going to install this dizzy and no one is going to talk me out of it. I stumbled on to more info on this dizzy, this is the mallory rev-pol that take a special coil and somewhere I have the rev-pol switch plate. I am going to have both points hooked together for time being and was wondering if it mattered witch condenser I use with it. should I adjust mechanical advance or leave it where its set
am I doing something wrong, I can't seem to get this rev-pol to run like its a double life. I got both points connected together but I have no fire. I have seen this trend and others http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=111336&page=2
I just bought one of these today at the Spokane Swap Meet. The only reason I bought it was for the Rotor, pints and condenser. It looks to work fine but without a cap. If anyone is interested in it contact me. Oh, how does it work, only having four lobes on an eight cylinder engine?
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