Distributor question

How good is the stock distributor ? Should I go with an MSD Pro Billet or would a stock one be o.k.. This will be on my 533 P51 headed truck pulling engine ( hoping for around 850 hp ).

i seen a few big inch motor running them and it seem to work for them. myself im running a reworked stock ford and dont know if a msd unit would make more power or not. they are not as easy to curve the advance as a msd. there is a post somewhere on reworking it thats what i used or just google it

The stock Duraspark unit works well. Mine is locked out at 34-36 ish degrees of timing and my ignition box pulls 20 degrees out at the start. Works fine for me.

the msd has the same stuff in it your stock one does,or a new made in china part. the stock one will work as good,IMO

Thanks guys, I think I'll pick up a reman stock duraspark.

posford wrote:Thanks guys, I think I'll pick up a reman stock duraspark.

Don't forget you'll need a Bronze Gear (If you Running a Roller Cam) and Connector for the MSD Box.

The MSD distrubutors aren't a bad deal..... once you figure everything you'll need whit a factory one.

But the Factory ones do work just fine.

dfree383 wrote:

posford wrote:Thanks guys, I think I'll pick up a reman stock duraspark.

Don't forget you'll need a Bronze Gear (If you Running a Roller Cam) and Connector for the MSD Box.

The MSD distrubutors aren't a bad deal..... once you figure everything you'll need whit a factory one.

But the Factory ones do work just fine.

This is not always true, the cam manufactures will tell you what you need.