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05-21-2006, 11:21 PM
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I know a lot of you guys are saying dont replace your dizzy when you upgrade the ignition. Why is that? what are the advantages of keeping the stock distributor over getting a mallory or an msd?
05-22-2006, 12:10 AM
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RE: distributor
ORIGINAL: FiveLiterRiceEater
I know a lot of you guys are saying dont replace your dizzy when you upgrade the ignition. Why is that? what are the advantages of keeping the stock distributor over getting a mallory or an msd?
I know a lot of you guys are saying dont replace your dizzy when you upgrade the ignition. Why is that? what are the advantages of keeping the stock distributor over getting a mallory or an msd?
ORIGINAL: AdderMk2
the aftermarket distributors are prone to failure... and all they really offer is something nice to look at
the aftermarket distributors are prone to failure... and all they really offer is something nice to look at
05-22-2006, 12:16 AM
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RE: distributor
Ok,
1) Factory O.E. dizzy is 'ok' for 150,000 miles or so. Then wear shows up in the bushings that were designed by the bean counters to be as cheap as possible. Advance system is the same way.
2) Most of the aftermarket dizzy's are qaulity parts, some even have real bearings and vacumn advance as well as mech advance systems that were made to be tunable. You get what you pay for.
If you ever get a hold of an antique speed equipment catalog from the 30's, 40's, even the '70's-'80's you will see lots of dizzys. I think that Mallory has been in business since the 1930's.
Point is, folks have been having problems with O.E. dizzy's for a long time......
1) Factory O.E. dizzy is 'ok' for 150,000 miles or so. Then wear shows up in the bushings that were designed by the bean counters to be as cheap as possible. Advance system is the same way.
2) Most of the aftermarket dizzy's are qaulity parts, some even have real bearings and vacumn advance as well as mech advance systems that were made to be tunable. You get what you pay for.
If you ever get a hold of an antique speed equipment catalog from the 30's, 40's, even the '70's-'80's you will see lots of dizzys. I think that Mallory has been in business since the 1930's.
Point is, folks have been having problems with O.E. dizzy's for a long time......
05-22-2006, 12:19 AM
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RE: distributor
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Ok,
1) Factory O.E. dizzy is 'ok' for 150,000 miles or so. Then wear shows up in the bushings that were designed by the bean counters to be as cheap as possible. Advance system is the same way.
2) Most of the aftermarket dizzy's are qaulity parts, some even have real bearings and vacumn advance as well as mech advance systems that were made to be tunable. You get what you pay for.
If you ever get a hold of an antique speed equipment catalog from the 30's, 40's, even the '70's-'80's you will see lots of dizzys. I think that Mallory has been in business since the 1930's.
Point is, folks have been having problems with O.E. dizzy's for a long time......
Ok,
1) Factory O.E. dizzy is 'ok' for 150,000 miles or so. Then wear shows up in the bushings that were designed by the bean counters to be as cheap as possible. Advance system is the same way.
2) Most of the aftermarket dizzy's are qaulity parts, some even have real bearings and vacumn advance as well as mech advance systems that were made to be tunable. You get what you pay for.
If you ever get a hold of an antique speed equipment catalog from the 30's, 40's, even the '70's-'80's you will see lots of dizzys. I think that Mallory has been in business since the 1930's.
Point is, folks have been having problems with O.E. dizzy's for a long time......
05-22-2006, 12:26 AM
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RE: distributor
the only problem i ever had with a oem ford dizzy was the tfi module on my moms truck. would you guys ever replace the oem unit? even if you had a whole other engine you were building?
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