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Over a year ago I replaced the points in my rebuilt OEM distributor with a Pertronix magnetic pickup and have had no issues with it. It was about $90 for the unit and was extremely simple to install.It is also set-and-forget.
OK, OK…. I hate to say this…. But someone “School Me”. Exactly what are the advantages to switchingto the Breakerless-SE Electronic Ignition vice Factory Setup?
OK, OK…. I hate to say this…. But someone “School Me”. Exactly what are the advantages to switchingto the Breakerless-SE Electronic Ignition vice Factory Setup?
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with points you need to adjust them every 15K miles or so. and they will give plenty of warning before failing. the other widgets you don't need to adjust, and they give you zero warning before they fail. And since you can't buy them at any auto parts store your dead in the water unless you have two or switch it back to points. and there is plenty of unhappy people. that is, it
I have an MSD distributer on a hydraulic lifter cam. Do I need to change the distributer gear? What is a melanized or nitrided gear? Excuse my ignorance but I'd really like to know what this is all about..
I have an MSD distributer on a hydraulic lifter cam. Do I need to change the distributer gear? What is a melanized or nitrided gear? Excuse my ignorance but I'd really like to know what this is all about..
whats the cam made out of. how long has it been that way.
It's a COMP cam number 12-238-2. I don't know what it's made of but I hope the number will tell you what you need. It's been in the engine since it was rebuilt about eight years ago but the engine has never been fired. About once a month I squirt some oil in the spark plug holes and crank the engine over until the oil pressure maxes out at around 50 PSI.
Thank-you for the reassurance. What is a melanized or nitrided gear and why would it be needed? What's different about a roller cam that it would need a melanized or nitrided gear?
Most if not all roller are solid steel instead of cast iron blanks. The solid is harder and needs a gear to match Thats from my understanding. But I did all that research 12 years ago when I put a roller cam in my Chevelle
If your stock dizzy is in good shape swap the gear and install a breaker less SE electronic module in place of points. Quick, easy, relatively cheap by todays standards.
I would do this. This way you can retain the stock shielding if that is a concern. Also the stock points style dist will have a non emissions advance curve suited for your engine.
melanized or nitrided gear . They are both coatings put on the gear to make it more wear resistant. Especially needed on steel cams as the cam gear is harder than the iron dist gear and will wear and fill the engine with shavings . For racing we used bronze gears to protect the cam , but they too wear out quickly and need to be changed regularly. Don't use a bronze gear on the street. A LOT of the new roller cams have a cast core and are more gentle on the dist gear. I use melanized gears on my roller cam street strip engine , had it out recently to change intakes and it looks great yet after a few thousand miles of hard use. 68 to 7000 rpm shifts on the track. Whatever you do, dont put a used gear on a new cam. They need to break in together. Remember this gear drives the oil pump too. Have fun !
If it's not a billet cam you will be fine with a cheap Chinese tach drive HEI Ebay about a buck 25. If it is billet? then bronze gear and bronze tipped fuel pump rod. And the fuel pump rod will probably fail I do agree with POP
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How many owners on this forum who have electronic ignitions have had a failure. I have never met one and I had the same thing in both of my Cobra engines with nary a problem. I understand the issue IF it fails but how many have actually failed. This sounds a lot like the Quick Jack fears that some mention but no one has ever heard of except the ones from user error.
How many owners on this forum who have electronic ignitions have had a failure. I have never met one and I had the same thing in both of my Cobra engines with nary a problem. I understand the issue IF it fails but how many have actually failed. This sounds a lot like the Quick Jack fears that some mention but no one has ever heard of except the ones from user error.
I've been running non-points style distributors in small and big block Chevy's for almost 30 years...zero failures.
How many owners on this forum who have electronic ignitions have had a failure. I have never met one and I had the same thing in both of my Cobra engines with nary a problem. I understand the issue IF it fails but how many have actually failed. This sounds a lot like the Quick Jack fears that some mention but no one has ever heard of except the ones from user error.
I have had two Pertronix fail and 4 MSD boxes over the years. I am done with them. If my L72 would not have had the K66 as a mandatory option I would be running points in it as well.
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