Hey all!
I've been slowly been improving the streetability of my small block 360 in my '74 Duster, and needed some advice on distributors. There seems to be many on the market, which leads to a bit of confusion on which would be the most trouble free with the ability to easily tune for advance curve and advance limits in both the mechanical and vacuum advance.
Since I bought the car, the engine has been rebuilt by IMM Engines with EQ Magnum heads, XE268H cam (noisy!), Edelbrock Air Gap, 9.6:1 compression, Edelbrock 650 AVS, Doug's Headers and 2.5 in. exhaust. Makes pretty decent power and excellent torque.
When I bought the car, it came with and MSD billet distributor with an MSD 6A box and that's what I've been running until the present.
From the research I've done on here, it seems that most recommend to use a distributor with a vacuum advance. It's been said this helps with efficiency and not only that but will help me get rid of that big red box on my inner fender.
One thing to note is that the previous owner ripped out the factory electronic ignition wire harness, so it seems that going back to factory will require sourcing out those bits of the factory wire harness.
Now that you know what I'm working with, maybe you can help me out with the following questions:
Option 1:
Should I go back to the factory distributor, ballast and ECU? Where could I get a factory distributor with the proper advance curve for my engine? Where could I get the wire harness? I believe my model year had the dual ballast resistor.
Option 2:
Should I consider the factory distributor with and
HEI module as an option? That would mean I don't have to source out the factory distributor/ignition wire harness and I can get rid of the MSD box too.
Option 3:
Anyone have good experience with the Firecore distributors (
Jegs/
Summit branded)? They seem to be quite tune-able and use factory parts like cap, rotor, ballast and ECU. That makes it easier to find parts later on.
Option 4:
Any opinions on the
TSP Ready-to-Run distributors that seem to be a clone of the MSD ready to run distributors with the vacuum advance can?
I'm also heavily considering running the Sniper EFI in the future, so I'm thinking that may play in choosing a distributor since the Sniper can control the timing.
Any advice?
Thanks!
