hillbilly4008
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Recently i asked someone what would be a better choice; a classic Mallory dual points distributor or HEI. The answer i got was that i could have both the looks of the Mallory and the performance of an HEI. So i went for it. I placed a call to Summit Racing and they set me up with a kit made by Petronix. It cost me about $120 total, would've been less if i didnt buy the rotor.
Parts ordered were 1. the Ignitor kit, 2. 45,000v coil, 3. Replacement rotor for my distributor(optional)
This was a real easy conversion. All togeather it took about a half hour. The only tools needed were a flat head screwdriver and a phillips head screwdriver. First is the removal of the old points and housing. Then the installation of the new one peice system. Two screws is all it takes to do this. The 2 wires attached to the unit are run through the existing hole in the distributor, and are connected to the coil. Red to pos+, and black to neg-. After the new "points replacement" was in i installed the supplied sleeve over the shaft, (slip on, no tools neccessary). Then installed the rotor. Set everything to Top Dead Center, reinstalled the distributor and i was finished.
The 454 came out of a '86 farm truck, with pollution junk and EFI. So I needed to find the parts to make everything work. The intake is off of a 396. The Mallory dual points distributor came off a friends '67 327 'vette about 20-30 years ago. The coil mount came off a '64 Grand Prix. Plug wires are brand new.
A special thanks goes out to dmw56 for pointing me in the right direction.
Heres the pics, there in order.
Parts ordered were 1. the Ignitor kit, 2. 45,000v coil, 3. Replacement rotor for my distributor(optional)
This was a real easy conversion. All togeather it took about a half hour. The only tools needed were a flat head screwdriver and a phillips head screwdriver. First is the removal of the old points and housing. Then the installation of the new one peice system. Two screws is all it takes to do this. The 2 wires attached to the unit are run through the existing hole in the distributor, and are connected to the coil. Red to pos+, and black to neg-. After the new "points replacement" was in i installed the supplied sleeve over the shaft, (slip on, no tools neccessary). Then installed the rotor. Set everything to Top Dead Center, reinstalled the distributor and i was finished.
The 454 came out of a '86 farm truck, with pollution junk and EFI. So I needed to find the parts to make everything work. The intake is off of a 396. The Mallory dual points distributor came off a friends '67 327 'vette about 20-30 years ago. The coil mount came off a '64 Grand Prix. Plug wires are brand new.
A special thanks goes out to dmw56 for pointing me in the right direction.
Heres the pics, there in order.