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Posted by: cpavlenko Mar 18 2019, 07:52 PM

What's the best brand for pointless ignition for a 009 non vacuum advance distributor. I'm hearing per-tronix r not to reliable lately . Any suggestions .

Posted by: roblav1 Mar 18 2019, 08:29 PM

Distributors are "pointless" in a crank fire ignition world!

Posted by: cpavlenko Mar 18 2019, 08:36 PM

QUOTE(roblav1 @ Mar 18 2019, 07:29 PM)

Posted by: oakdalecurtis Mar 18 2019, 09:12 PM

I installed a Crane XR700 about ten years ago. The car has never had a miss since then, best running improvement I’ve made so far.

Posted by: roblav1 Mar 18 2019, 09:43 PM

"Distributors are "pointless" in a crank fire ignition world!"

I was just playing with words... a pointless distributor... a distributor is pointless (not needed) itself if you go crankfire.

Bad humor!

Posted by: gereed75 Mar 19 2019, 04:27 AM

I have the crane optical “points” and XR700 also in my six with Bosch dizzy - cured a miss and very bouncy tach that I could not fix with any amount of fiddling using conventional points.

I suspect that the timing provided by this set up is more tolerant of wear in the distributor than points. Just my theory.

Posted by: 914Toy Mar 19 2019, 09:12 AM

Make sure you connect the wiring correctly, if reversed, you will "fry" the unit - ask me how I know!

Posted by: cpavlenko Mar 19 2019, 02:23 PM

QUOTE(roblav1 @ Mar 18 2019, 08:43 PM)

Posted by: Mark Henry Mar 19 2019, 02:33 PM

009 isn't the best dizzy for a T4, I'd snag old mallory red cap dizzy and use a pertronix or unilight module.

With MSD you could run on a single set of points (no condenser), the points would almost last forever.