what dizzy to use?

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diymirage

diymirage

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hey guys
im prepping a 360 to swap into my 71 duster
the 360 is a 75 (electronic ignition) and the car is a /6 with points

the distributor cap on the 360 is cracked so I figured I might as well replace the whole thing to make the conversion easier

Im considering one of the 2 wire distributors with the module build in

ive heard good things about them, ive heard bad things about them and I haven't heard anything to make me pull the trigger on one or spook me off from them altogether

one more thing to consider is that I am replacing the cam aswell so I want this motor to fire on the first crank so I can do a proper break in

and of course im on a budget


so...what are your suggestions?
 
Thinking about this makes me dizzy.....

For street cars, I just use the MP electronic conversion distributors and recurve them in needed....
 
Bad Sport said:
Run the one you have for now. Recurve it and go.

You can always upgrade later.
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the one that is in there has a broken cap, so I need to spend at least some money to make it work again
that's why I figured I would see if it would make sense to spend money to fix something I will replace later

only want to have to spend it once
 
diymirage said:
the one that is in there has a broken cap, so I need to spend at least some money to make it work again
that's why I figured I would see if it would make sense to spend money to fix something I will replace later

only want to have to spend it once
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A broken cap? As in the distributor cap? Those are cheap.
 
A new HEI "ready-to-run" distributor is just $45 (ebay, Steve White Performance & others), plus an E-core coil is smart. Simple 2-wire hookup. No sense wiring in a ballast resistor and all the mid-70's stuff to give a weaker spark.
 
I did a fair amount of research on the Skip White ready to run distributor. The are available for Chevy, Ford, and of course Mopar. I haven't found any significant problems or complaints. In fact it has been quite the opposite. I purchased one for my 360 swap, but the engine is not ready to install yet, so no first hand experience.
 
diymirage said:
that is kinda what I figured, yes, a cap and rotor are cheap but so is a whole new set up

then again, it might be cheap for a reason
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I'm gonna run a recurved distributor and Greg's HEI package. It should do what I'm looking for.
 
I purchased one of those $67.00 dollar specials inc delivery HEI dizzys from ebay and had it recurved and it hasn't missed a beat. Ive done close to 6,000 km since the engine rebuild and its been flawless,Like mentioned in one of the posts you need to replace the coil. I run a Bosch 55000 v coil which i purchased from the same vendor.Just to add ive spun this teen engine to 6300-6500 on a few occasions but mainly 5800 with out any ignition related issues. Sorry coil was a extra $35.00
 
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