Distribution knowledge

NELSON YOU NEED TO DO SOME HOMEWORK ON IGNITION SYSTEMS. ANY POINTS (SINGLE OR DUAL) IN A DISTRIBUTER WILL NOT BE ELECTRONIC, BECAUSE ALL POINTS ARE ELIMINATED IN AN ELECTRONIC IGNITION. I AGREE WITH THE PERSON ABOVE, I LIKE THE MALLORY UNILITE DISTRIBUTER. IF YOU WANT TO GET HIGHER GAS MILAGE BE SURE AND GET IT WITH A VACUUM ADVANCE! IF YOU PLAN TO DRIVE MOSTLY 99% ON THE STREET. AS ELIMINATING THE VACUUM ADVANCE IS MOSTLY A SERIOUS RACERS CHOICE. TRUE, A POINTS SYSTEM WILL FAIL OVER SOME TIME (LETTING YOU KNOW SOMETHING IS GOING WRONG) AND AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM ALTHOUGH MUCH MORE EFFICIENT AND GAS SAVING, CAN FAIL INSTANTLY! ALL THE BEST MARLIN.

[This message has been edited by MARLIN JACK (edited 05-19-2002).]

A Rule of Thumb is, there is NO power increase with any super-wow-wow ignition system over a plain-vanilla single-points & coil distributor that's in decent shape, especially on a stock or close-to-stock mid-'70s engine. There is also no discernable increase in reliability with aftermarket electronic distributors. All the big-buck ignition systems do is allow highly modified engines to perform properly, and most of them carry at least one complete back-up system when (not 'if') catastrophic failure occurs. If you must use a modern unit, I suggest a late-model 460 Ford electronic distributor and brain-box from a '77-'87 Ford truck. This will bolt into your 351C with little effort. Get an extra brain-box to carry along for on-road fixes.

Thanks Jack and guys, I will try with all the advices and have learn some knowledge about American V8. I am a very lonely Pantera owner here in Kuala Lumpur and I have to depend on you guys. CHEERS1