procomp distributor.are they any good or no

i got a friend of mine to order me a one wire distributor and it showed up.and its is a procomp. so are they any good or should i just put it on the shelf.
it says high preformance billet distributor. dont know the price yet.no insructions came in the box. and it is a two piece with a adapter for the bottom of the shaft.the cam gear is on the second piece.have never seen one like this before.no part number.
kyle

send that thing back as fast as possible

is this from personal experience or are you trying to save richter69 some meat on the ends of his fingers

Pretty much the consensus on the PC stuff is that it has stuff that moves be very leary of it.
Did you get that manifold on yet Kyle?

There has been at least a few threads on here and the other site specifically detailing the problems with pro comp distributor. Seems like the weak link is the joint between the upper and lower halves of the shaft. They generally snap off and leave you dead on the side of the road.

dkp

bronco wrote:is this from personal experience or are you trying to save richter69 some meat on the ends of his fingers

His fingers are HeRo TuFf

it is at the builders. he started machining friday.
i know i am asking for it with this PC thread. but i have to ask.i am a little leary on it.i may save it for a 460 i am putting in an old 61 pickup i picked up a couple years ago for the street.too many projects for my own good.too little time to do any.
i will be buying a holley distributor off another guy so i will likely use it instead.

res0rli9 wrote:

bronco wrote:is this from personal experience or are you trying to save richter69 some meat on the ends of his fingers

His fingers are HeRo TuFf

bosshoss wrote:There has been at least a few threads on here and the other site specifically detailing the problems with pro comp distributor. Seems like the weak link is the joint between the upper and lower halves of the shaft. They generally snap off and leave you dead on the side of the road.

dkp

that is kinda what i am wondering. if people have had issues with these distributors.i know the bbf heads are junky. but they must have some good parts.i hope anyway.
i wound up with a procomp waterpump too and i had a heck of a time to get it to quit leaking.finally threw away the o rings and made a set of gaskets for it. . that thing cost me alot of time.had it on and off atleast 5 times or more.drove me to drinking two nites in a row

Are they any good? Hell to the no............

richter69 wrote:Are they any good? Hell to the no............

ok,guess i will put it on the shelf.thanks guys.

Get a Ford Duraspark and a MSD box.

I wanna see someone build a motor with everything "pro-comp" makes and run it...

msd box is coming, with a rev limiter for the wifey.

138 wrote:I wanna see someone build a motor with everything "pro-comp" makes and run it...

x2

Kyle, MSD makes a line of "ready to run" one wire dizzy's also and they are quite affordable.

schmitty wrote:Kyle, MSD makes a line of "ready to run" one wire dizzy's also and they are quite affordable.

i will have to look into that. i am sure the builder will have some suggestions for me also.

138 wrote:I wanna see someone build a motor with everything "pro-comp" makes and run it...

Don't forget the Valium and a pair of comfortable shoes.

bronco wrote:

schmitty wrote:Kyle, MSD makes a line of "ready to run" one wire dizzy's also and they are quite affordable.

i will have to look into that. i am sure the builder will have some suggestions for me also.

Given the fact he got you this distributor, I'd question any suggestions he might make........

138 wrote:I wanna see someone build a motor with everything "pro-comp" makes and run it...

A "Walmart" engine.

richter69 wrote:

138 wrote:I wanna see someone build a motor with everything "pro-comp" makes and run it...

A "Walmart" engine.

Basically.....

Nevs wrote:

bronco wrote:

schmitty wrote:Kyle, MSD makes a line of "ready to run" one wire dizzy's also and they are quite affordable.

i will have to look into that. i am sure the builder will have some suggestions for me also.

Given the fact he got you this distributor, I'd question any suggestions he might make........

X2!

Nevs wrote:

bronco wrote:

schmitty wrote:Kyle, MSD makes a line of "ready to run" one wire dizzy's also and they are quite affordable.

i will have to look into that. i am sure the builder will have some suggestions for me also.

Given the fact he got you this distributor, I'd question any suggestions he might make........

the friend and the builder are two different people all together, the buider dislikes procomp as much as everyone else. will not use them in his engines and will not order procomp parts for his customers.

I've checked-out just about every distributor which Pro Comp makes and the only ones which seem to be worth a crap are the Mopar models which don't have a distributor gear; those Mopars are all a one piece shaft and seem to be OK.
Every other one of their distributors - "good luck".

rmcomprandy wrote:I've checked-out just about every distributor which Pro Comp makes and the only ones which seem to be worth a crap are the Mopar models which don't have a distributor gear; those Mopars are all a one piece shaft and seem to be OK.
Every other one of their distributors - "good luck".

Randy, Do you remember the name of the builder of the new Dizzy you sold me at the swap for my friend ? We installed it and it's doing great.(Cruiser)