Electronic ignition ECU conversion to Ready to run wiring harness question

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pitbill

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Have a question regarding converting my old Electronic ignition to one of Skip White's distributors. Wanting to clean up my engine bay while I am redoing everything and had successful luck adding a ready to run distributor in my 67 Coronet, so wanting to give this a try. My question is I am wanting to buy a new wiring harness anyways (to get rid of the old ratty looking 43 year old wiring harness) and wondering if it would be simpler for the ready to run dizzy to buy a harness with stock electronic ignition or should I get a harness without electronic ignition? I am thinking without will be simpler. BTW, This was originally a 318 A/C car, but I am replacing it with a 340 and eliminated all of the air conditioning parts. Any thoughts or input will be appreciated. I usually get good advice from you guys. Thanks.
 
I guess it depends on whether you "ever" want to run the mopar electronic ignition. Otherwise get the breaker points harness, and hook the resistor wires together. Take the coil wire and run that to your dist.
 
I don't really have any plans to run the original ECU again so that sounds like sound advice. Is exactly how I did my Coronet. Wired the ballast resister connections together in back and used the ballast for correct looks only. Are there any "surprises" I should be aware of using this type of harness instead of using what I have now? Will it just plug in and everything work and connect properly (other than the ECU components of course, which will not be used.)?
 
You might want to get the electronic harness and just remove the electronic ECU wires from that, so you won't have any surprises.
When I swapped to HEI I just clipped all the ECU wires at the main harness and taped the opening where the wires came through back up.
 
Having done this many times, follow 67dart273's advice. Much more simple.
 
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