Or just repair/rebuild your existing one.Why did you pick that particular replacement?
Distributor question
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Distributor question
Searched the threads with no results. I want to use a Professional Products PFS-30000Powerfire1 dist. in a 1978 L-48. It has a 3 wire hookup. Does anyone know if one of these wires would give an accurate signal to an OEM tach. or do I have to stay with a n HEI dist.? Or is there another aftermarket dist. that gives an accurate signal ? Thank you.
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Do you realize you also have to buy an ignition coil? Why dont you contact them and ask how a car with HEI and a tach can use their distibutor. One wire is ground, one wire is power, and the third goes to the negative side of coil where you could pick up a tach signal but you should verify with them.
http://www.professional-products.com/contactus.php
http://www.professional-products.com/contactus.php
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Safety Car
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And if it did fell you replace whats wrong and are still money ahead.
I have had a couple of them completely apart and I see nothing wrong with them, I even took one apart and used all the parts except the body on a #s matching car.
There is nothing wrong with them unless your conscience eats at you because you saved money.
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The caps have brass inserts and the bodies are polished and thats almost worth the price right there.