Summit distributors

[milner351]

Dan's (other Dan) issue was the mfr of the timing set sent him the wrong cam gear - it was a gear meant for a torrington bearing behind it ---- there was no torrington bearing in the box - as Dan had ordered the standard gear set - the cam gear was in the wrong box basically.

Dan put it together and didn't check the cam end play - which turned out to be over .030" - enough for the cam to walk into the distributor gear too far - and kill both gears, cam and dist.

Dan is getting a new roller cam, AND a new distributor gear.

Another expensive lesson learned.

[DanStokes]

My 5.8 and the 5.0 I took out both had a plate. I don't know if that's been forever on SBFs or if there was date before the plate. No clue on Cleveland motors.

Dan

[SpiderGearsMan]

don't fords have a cam plate ? or a cam button ?

[milner351]

I don't worry about the electronics as much as the mechanical advance mechanisms / shafts / cam gear interface, etc. That's what flew apart in Seth's engine, and others.... I also had a friend recently whipe out a roller cam in a cleveland due to a mismatched timing gear that allowed too much cam end play.

With a mixture of parts suppliers - as most of our engines are - you just can't be too careful - measure everything!

[Matt Cramer]

I am pretty sure they are Chinese but not Proform.

[SpiderGearsMan]

and then you buy a coil and then you buy a module and then you buy a harness
hei is one wire off the ignition switch and works well

[milner351]

Seth's Summit distributor came apart in a very short time - the whole mechanical advance system literally flew apart and locked up the advance.

Like BBR - I've had good luck with rebuilt durasparks over the counter, $55.

[SpiderGearsMan]

good for around town

[Huskinhano]

Procomp makes HEI's for Fords.

That would be my guess. I wish it were a DUI. But for $37 and my $9 close out special NAPA wires from Rockauto I'm into my HEI set up for $46.

[BBR]

Procomp makes HEI's for Fords.

[DanStokes]

I would but I think I'm going to have some issue with the size. I am running GM style HEI on the Mustang of unknown origin but it's working well. Fed by a #12 wire.

Probably a DUI. I don't know of anyne else offering a HEI for Ford engines. Doesn't mean there isn't anyone - just that I don't know about them.

Dan

[Huskinhano]

had major pertronix troubles last summer [first time ever] went with mallory , which has since been bought out

try DUI ?
http://www.performancedistributors.com/fordssdui.htm

I would but I think I'm going to have some issue with the size. I am running GM style HEI on the Mustang of unknown origin but it's working well. Fed by a #12 wire.

[DanStokes]

I have a DUI (the whole distributor) in the Camaro and it's been excellent. For some stupid reason (maybe they weren't out yet?) I didn't get the built-in rev limiter so I have their external one that uses MSD chips and it works fine, too. So I can say good stuff about them.

Dan

[BBR]

Ford Duraspark FTW

[SpiderGearsMan]

had major pertronix troubles last summer [first time ever] went with mallory , which has since been bought out

try DUI ?

http://www.performancedistributors.com/fordssdui.htm