msd distributor on duraspark ignition?
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msd distributor on duraspark ignition?
racinghabbit January 29th 2019, 6:39 pm
work on a nice 504 motor big lumpy cam (no vacuum) for my 83 f100. And I been thinking a lot on either working over a stock distributor or trying a mechanical pro billet MSD 8580 distributor..... from what I read 3 wires on the stock dist. and the black one is just ground.
Can I put the msd dist in my truck and make an adapter to hook up the 2 wires I need from the pickup of the MSD dist 8580. to the 2 wires in the factory harness?
I don't want to butcher in a 6al box I just want the truck to look stock with a hot motor.
thoughts.
I have used a 6al box on a ford distributor before. That's y I'm thinking I could do just the opposite.
Can I put the msd dist in my truck and make an adapter to hook up the 2 wires I need from the pickup of the MSD dist 8580. to the 2 wires in the factory harness?
I don't want to butcher in a 6al box I just want the truck to look stock with a hot motor.
thoughts.
I have used a 6al box on a ford distributor before. That's y I'm thinking I could do just the opposite.
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Re: msd distributor on duraspark ignition?
rmcomprandy January 29th 2019, 8:52 pm
racinghabbit wrote:work on a nice 504 motor big lumpy cam (no vacuum) for my 83 f100. And I been thinking a lot on either working over a stock distributor or trying a mechanical pro billet MSD 8580 distributor..... from what I read 3 wires on the stock dist. and the black one is just ground.
Can I put the msd dist in my truck and make an adapter to hook up the 2 wires I need from the pickup of the MSD dist 8580. to the 2 wires in the factory harness?
I don't want to butcher in a 6al box I just want the truck to look stock with a hot motor.
thoughts.
I have used a 6al box on a ford distributor before. That's y I'm thinking I could do just the opposite.
The MSD uses a Duraspark pick-up coil.
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Re: msd distributor on duraspark ignition?
racinghabbit January 30th 2019, 12:03 pm
well.. same pickup coil... should be a simple wire job and go....
Is there any real benefit to having the vacuum on the dist. on a street driver?
Is there any real benefit to having the vacuum on the dist. on a street driver?
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Re: msd distributor on duraspark ignition?
69F100 January 30th 2019, 1:30 pm
It helps on street driving but on my old 69 F100 i have the vacuum unhooked the cam i have in it can't get it to run right it spark knocks bad with the vacuum hooked up I have just about to much compression for pump gas with iron heads
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