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I'm finishing up my mild 360.. I'm going to switch over to a MSD Streetwise box versus the factory ecu and ballast... what is a good distributor to run with this? also coil choice. should i go with a stock vacuum advance, aftermarket vacuum advance or go with an aftermarket mechanical advance? I'm still learning so be easy on me
 
@halifaxhops has a sun distributor machine and restores distributors... He can set up a nice stock distributor that will run nice...

Here's one that he set up for my buddy Eddie's Dart with a mild 340 and stock electronic ignition...

This isn't brake torquing, just stomping the pedal from idle....

 
@halifaxhops has a sun distributor machine and restores distributors... He can set up a nice stock distributor that will run nice...

Here's one that he set up for my buddy Eddie's Dart with a mild 340 and stock electronic ignition...

This isn't brake torquing, just stomping the pedal from idle....


you running a vacuum advance or mechanical? killer car,,, sounds awesome
 
He has a vac advance. It is just set up with the right curve for the engine. Makes a Huge difference like you see.
 
you can use a factory electronic Dist. with Vacuum advance or without using a lean burn plate and block off. The newer mopar performancce dist. has an adjustable mechanical advance with two screws. If I was just looking for a decent Dist. at low cost. Pro Form, Or spend the $$$ MSD billet with bearings for rpms to and above 8000. and a digital 6 with coil.
 
I'm finishing up my mild 360.. I'm going to switch over to a MSD Streetwise box versus the factory ecu and ballast... what is a good distributor to run with this? also coil choice. should i go with a stock vacuum advance, aftermarket vacuum advance or go with an aftermarket mechanical advance? I'm still learning so be easy on me


I just had that exact MSD box fail on my test bench. Should be getting it back from MSD soon. They will send a report with what they had to repair. That’s the third new MSD digital box I had fail. The first two had the same repair. It will be interesting to see if box number 3 failed the same component.
 
I have two of these from years ago. Offered them on here a while back on a thread similar to this. I had no reasonable offers. Sure I was offered $15 shipped so I kept them as wall hangers. They are out there you just have to look. I only use MSD. When you run these mopar boxes and a ballast resister you need to keep spares in the glove box.

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I have two of these from years ago. Offered them on here a while back on a thread similar to this. I had no reasonable offers. Sure I was offered $15 shipped so I kept them as wall hangers. They are out there you just have to look. I only use MSD. When you run these mopar boxes and a ballast resister you need to keep spares in the glove box.

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i run the original orange box on my current built 318, but am wanting to not only clean up wiring in the bay i also wanted upgrade the ignition for the 360, the box will allow me to eliminate the ecu, ballast and some of the un needed wiring
 
MSD has a ready to run unit. I know they make a pertronix unit. But then you need to use your distributor. Check its condition before going that route.
 
you can use a factory electronic Dist. with Vacuum advance or without using a lean burn plate and block off. The newer mopar performancce dist. has an adjustable mechanical advance with two screws. If I was just looking for a decent Dist. at low cost. Pro Form, Or spend the $$$ MSD billet with bearings for rpms to and above 8000. and a digital 6 with coil.
see everything i have read from people they say the Pro Form and the Speedmaster Distributors are junk
 
I have two of these from years ago. Offered them on here a while back on a thread similar to this. I had no reasonable offers. Sure I was offered $15 shipped so I kept them as wall hangers. They are out there you just have to look. I only use MSD. When you run these mopar boxes and a ballast resister you need to keep spares in the glove box.

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Thats a good one if you can find a ballast for it at a decent price. I missed that up for sale.
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Since we are on this I am testing a bunch of ECU's on my tester I made and tell you what I think the trick to these are having the PROPER ballast matched to the ECU. Most just throw a one ohm in and forget it.
 
Most FSM's have the ballast values in them. Really looking into the reason of the high fails on them. I made a red neck simulator I hook up along with the dist machine. Interesting results to say the least.
 
When you say 'mild' 360, is the cam larger than stock. If so, a stock vac adv unit will most likely be erratic in operation with the reduced vacuum. This is a common problem & VA gets the blame when the real culprit is the person who is doing the job does understand the parameters involved.
 
When you say 'mild' 360, is the cam larger than stock. If so, a stock vac adv unit will most likely be erratic in operation with the reduced vacuum. This is a common problem & VA gets the blame when the real culprit is the person who is doing the job does understand the parameters involved.
Specs on engine
360 bored 0.060
Stock crank, rods, dished pistons
Hughes whiplash cam
Adjustable 273 rockers
Sidewinder aluminum heads(171 intake runners, 63 cc chambers)
Port matched Wieand Stealth imtake
Holley 650 dp

2600 stall
Reverse manual 904
8.25 rear open with 3:55
 
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