AndrewM6097

Ok so my dad is swapping in a carbed 5.0 from a 1983 mustang into his 87 and mostly everything is done but we need to know how to wire up the distributor. It came with the motor and it has 3 wires coming off of it. The colors are Brown, Orange, and Black. I'm assuming black is the ground but where do the other 2 go? He said something about it being made in canada, i dont know if that makes a difference. Thanks in advance for any help

brentloftis

Does it look like this?



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AndrewM6097

Yes it looks like that. But the connector on the end of the wires is gone. must have been cut off.

mjr46

what ignition box are you using?? duraspark box?? cause the dizzy is a duraspark one

AndrewM6097

Ok, i THINK i have this wired up right. I have a switched 12v to the Coil positive side, I have a constant 12v and ground to the ignition module,and both coil and distributor are hooked up to the ignition module.

mjr46

you actually want switched 12 volts to the box........is this the box you have??
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/f...raspark001.jpg

AndrewM6097

It doesnt look exactly like that but similar. I got it from autozone, its for an 83 Mustang 5.0

mjr46

mine is from napa but they do the same thing

AndrewM6097

Ok so i just run a switch 12v to the box and i should be good??

mjr46

there are two connectors on the box.. the one with two wires red / and white = red to switched 12v and white needs to be grounded and the connector with 4 wires is for distributor and coil neg side...you do have the 4 wire one wired correctly I assume???