Y-Blockl Cheap Electronic Ignition???

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Ziffer

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I'm wondering what guys are doing for electronic ignition? I want to get away from the points in my distributor but when I looked at the MSD in Speedway Motors I couldn't believe the $375 price tag. Is there a better way? Thanks for any advice/ideas.

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pertronics is the way to go be sure to tell them 6/12 volt also get a coil i put this in my 55 merc converted to 12 volts and it runs great my points fell apart this was on a rebuilt distributor from auto zone bushing that rides on dist. shaft came off car would start off and on ran with a miss
 
If your distributor is a 57 or newer, remove it and make make sure its all in good shape, then install the Pertronix unit. Use the matching coil. I have been using one for ten years, local, highway travel, and racing. Its flawless. Todays cost with the unit and coil is about 140 bucks, or half what the others ask.
 
How does the '57 and later distributor differ from the '55-'56? The only Y block distributor I've ever worked on is the one on my '55 with 272.
 
The 49 through 56 V8 dizzy is a loadamatic design for the advance. It works OK only when everything is perfect, and it MUST be connected to the carburetor it came with from the factory. The 57 and newer design is very easy to work with, has both mechanical and vacuum advance, and it suited to any combination of intake manifold and carburetion.
 
Got a guy down the road from me in the scrap metal business who gets piles of old engines. Will ask him to watch for Y blocks, find me a later 292 or 312 that I can get a distributor off of.
 
Use the ACCEL Kit number 2020. It replaces your point and condenser. I have had 0 issues with it for 3 years running. I bought the kit new on ebay for like 25 bucks or something. Very easy to do...

by the way, only for 57+ distributors...
 
Lamar Wadsworth.................While you take some 57 & newer dist. from the Y blocks, take some 4 barrel intakes. These are the "B" not the "A"
 
lucky said:
What years had the "B" intake?

thanks, marvin
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The large pattern 4bbl intakes have part# ECZ-9425-B. They can be found on any four barrel Y-block made from 1957 until 63 or 64. I pulled mine off of a 62 Pickup in a junk yard for $50. Gave it a $20 bath in a hot tank and it looked good as new.
 
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