Electronic ignition or no?
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Mar 2011
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From: Communist party of MD
Electronic ignition or no?
My mechanic is suggesting that I remove the distributor/points and put an electronic ignition in. I have a 327 with MSD 6al, distributor, MSD points and accel plug wires at the moment. I bought the car as a project car so the items have less than 1 mile on them as its a freshly built engine.
Should I install electronic ignition or keep the existing setup that came with the car?
Should I install electronic ignition or keep the existing setup that came with the car?
Last edited by KevinG; Jan 30, 2012 at 08:15 AM.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Communist party of MD
Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2004
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From: Livonia MI
I haven't run points in any car for years, but since you've already invested in an MSD 6AL box, could be a money decision at this point. If you were totally stock, I'd say put a Pertronics module in the dizzy, and call it a day. Not sure if it's compatible with you 6AL though. The points in your set up, are seeing much less currrent than stock, and should last a long time. I'm running a MSD 6AL box with HEI dizzy in a car, and all is well though.
Drifting
Joined: Aug 2005
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From: Springfield VA
Like this...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SBC-BBC-CHEV...item519b6f276d
Not saying buy that one, maybe better seller/price? Just an example on how you can get a new cheap HEI distributor and get rid of the points.
Team Owner
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: Crossville TN
You already have an electronic ignition system; you are just using the points to 'time' the spark distribution. If your 'mechanic' needs to get rid of the points, maybe he isn't much of a 'mechanic' after all.
Racer
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 415
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From: Richmond Va
I put an electronic ignition module in my old time distrbutor. Still looks semi stock and fits by the air cleaner. HEI is tight. I put in a high output coil and painted it black and the rev limiter spark control is under the cap. Neat and tidy. Works great. No more adjusting points.
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