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What would I use?

6018 is used merely for transportation, I plan to tour every corner & back road of the US & Canada with 6018, reliability is most important to me.

I strongly dislike Ford distributors, they are junk. The Moroso distributor is the best made distributor I've ever seen, but it doesn't have vacuum advance. I'll most likely end up with the MSD model 8477 street distributor (includes vacuum advance) running a Ford Duraspark I ingnition module. I will eventually experiment with the MSD distributor, unplug the vacuum advance and see how badly it affects my fuel economy. If the fuel economy doesn't change that much I'll probably pull the MSD and install the Moroso. The Moroso dizzy is bad ass, trust me.

As far as coils go, I have no problem with old school coils-in-a-can. Anything that will work without failing is OK. The most important thing with coils is to realize their performance at high rpm degrades with use, so its wise to replace the coil every couple of years if its used with a high rpm motor.

Steve, the Computronix DIS8 ignition is not available for the 351C or the 351W, the two most popular Pantera engine options. So far they only offer an ignition for the 289/302 Windsor.

The DIS8 still employs 8 ignition wires, it just doesn't have a distributor cap & rotor that require replacement. You'll be best off mounting the coil packs on the valve covers in order to keep the ignition wires as short as possible.

I don't know anything about Computronix as a company, I don't know if they are honest, or if their products are made well. But I think a distributorless igntion such as they offer would make a great option for Pantera owners. So I wrote Computronix the other night and dangled a carrot in front of them. We'll have to wait and see how they respond.