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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,224
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From: Clarksville Indiana
I buy A-1 Cardone remans all the time for my shops but they dont have a tach drive available. The cheap ebay one is now down to $69.00, Damn I think just the price would make me nervous every time I started the car.. I think every thing I have had to buy to put this Vette back together has been "special" so far. I hope when I ever get to drive it the first time that its worth it all. 
Pro
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 629
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From: columbus ms
another guy just replaced his old points dizzy with his mechanics suggested top of the line pro billet msd, external coil, msd box, the whole 9 yards. now his tach drive has quite working. i guess anything can break. i did not see a vac adv. on the ebay 69 dollar one. dragon fire shows one in the pic.
Race Director
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 12,142
Likes: 54
From: Taylor Michigan
you dont get brsgging rights, but it works and your right on the cost....
....its a good deal and the more expensive crap is just that, more expensive and mounting problems with the coil.....
Racer
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 289
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From: Franksville Wisconsin
I tried two cheapies summit and ebay and had oil pressure bounce about 10 psi variations with chaepies now I have rebuilt OEM Delco no more problems. The gears mesh tighter with oem and the oil pump tang is thicker. No a biggie but annoying.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,224
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From: Clarksville Indiana
another guy just replaced his old points dizzy with his mechanics suggested top of the line pro billet msd, external coil, msd box, the whole 9 yards. now his tach drive has quite working. i guess anything can break. i did not see a vac adv. on the ebay 69 dollar one. dragon fire shows one in the pic.
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Le Mans Master
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 5,814
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From: Pittsburgh suburbs Pa.
another guy just replaced his old points dizzy with his mechanics suggested top of the line pro billet msd, external coil, msd box, the whole 9 yards. now his tach drive has quite working. i guess anything can break. i did not see a vac adv. on the ebay 69 dollar one. dragon fire shows one in the pic.
Instructor
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 112
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From: Washougal WA
We quit selling the ProComp brand when they switched to China 4 years ago. Currently the we buy they from the same factory that makes them for Accel and Mallory. All our HEI have a 7 year warranty.
http://www.hotrodsusa.com/store/ignition.html
FYI: I am the one that send my Vertex to Australia to have the mechanical tach drive copied back in 2002.
http://www.hotrodsusa.com/store/ignition.html
FYI: I am the one that send my Vertex to Australia to have the mechanical tach drive copied back in 2002.
Last edited by deanoshiro; Apr 29, 2010 at 07:20 PM.
Pro
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 629
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From: columbus ms
i ended up getting the hotrodusa hei. works good with no problems. since my motor has weak vacumm i had to remove the adj. vacumm advance and ordered one with the correct vacumm canister. now my new streetfire multi spark box was a different story. bad out of the box. but msd took care of me and fixed it even thro it was a month out of warranty and i did not have a reciept. there is a build date on the boxes so they could determine the build date for me. msd is a nice company that takes care of it's customers. hotrodusa seems to be a good company to. the timing curve on the hei was nice also.
Instructor
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 212
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From: Woodland Park Colorado
I have one and have not had any problems with it. I have read in the jeep forum that the gear is to hard and was taking out the cam gear. I now have to pull mine and at least look but have a 1000 miles on mine so dont expect to see anything. The other thing I didnt like was had to switch back to dino oil for break in 500 miles is what directions say. Other then that works good and looks good.
