I just bought a 55 CHEVY with points and condensor distributer,I want to swich to electronic but do not have clearance for H.E.I. distributer and ain"t goning to screw up firewall to fit it in .basically the distributer in it now is a wore out piece of crap so I can"t just add the electronic kit. does anybody make and sell a distributer with electronics the same size as stock .Don"t want no MALLORY,stuff, just not reliable as they used to be.The engine is a 350.
MSD ready to run dist. # 8360... You can even run the stock "window" type gm points cap. I have used a bunch of these with good sucess. Dave
Pick up an old Mallory dual point at swap meet for 10-25 bucks put a Pertronics elect kit in it for 70 and off you go............
I agree with carl, you can pick up an old good Mallory unit for as little as 20 bucks. I buy the SBC ones with the two piece caps just for the caps. I just converted a Mallory for my flatty to a pertronix....looks old with the convenience of electronic ignition.
Pertronix is the way to go. Cheap, very easy to install, sill looks original. I have installed on several vehicles and they have never let me down. CN
One thing I did with the Pertronix is I ran the Pertronix coil with the internal resistor, but I burnt the module up. The guy that set up my dizzy suggested that I run a 1.2 ohm ballast resistor in combination with the coil. My two cents, but that may save you an extra $100 and a few hours broke down on the side of the road.
Running a Mallory dual point on the third engine in my 32. Came in the car when I bought it in 1991. Just using one set of points to trigger an MSD. Still works fine after all these years.
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