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Distributor questions |
Cuda911 |
May 8 2016, 04:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,489 Joined: 20-May 14 From: Oceanside (N. San Diego County), CA Member No.: 17,376 Region Association: Southern California |
During the Route 66 Classic run my distributor decided that it had had enough. Fortunately Warren ("Worn") had a spare distributor, which Leamon and some others replaced in the hotel parking lot. The car is running fine. Now I owe Warren a new distributor.
My car is a '73 with FI and points. The distributor from Warren is from a 2.0 I found the chart below on Pelican. Mine (the old one) is 022-905-205 Q. It isn't on the list. From another web site, I guess that 022905205F is the new number for this part? Some questions: 1) I'm not sure what distributor number I have from Warren. Were there more than one used in 2.0 cars? 2) The advance/retard characteristics are somewhat different amongst the various distributors. Does it matter if I leave in the one from the 2.0? 3) I want to replace the points with a Pertronix electronic ignition. I can't find the part on their web site (the search function just shows "no records found" for the distributor numbers). Do you guys have a suggestion as to which one? 4) If I leave the "incorrect" distributor in the car but replace the points with an electronic ignition, will it matter which distributor I have? 5) Do I need a new coil too? 6) Are there any other things I need to consider before swapping out the points? Thanks in advance! (or is that in retard?) Attached thumbnail(s) Attached image(s) |
porschetub |
May 9 2016, 02:18 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,703 Joined: 25-July 15 From: New Zealand Member No.: 18,995 Region Association: None |
I would always use a coil of the correct impedance for the Pertronix kit used ,I ran ignitor 1 with a german bosch blue coil with no issues,apparently these now are a crapshoot on quality and that is an issue.
The advance shouldn't matter too much as it is early in the engine speed,however the dizzy needs to be otherwise healthy condition,for instance free moving on the advance plate and the lower centrifical (?) side working well. Most disconnect the retard side of the vacuum pot as far as I remember,please correct me if wrong as they may impact on emissions testing. Yep the magnetic shaft pickup is a bitch to fit ,I found there are casting flashes on the inside I cleared them with a craft knife and went a bit easier. |
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