It's going in my driver. 54 Mercury Monterey. I'll remove the 302 and keep the AOD. Already have the adapter, just want to make sure we fix all the gremlins before the swap.  It's way easier to fix everything before it slips in to the engine bay. We need to fab motor mounts and check oil pan clearance and exhaust options. Fortunately we have a spare block to tinker with so all our hard work can go in after.

Outfit called FBO Ignition out of Cottage Grove, OR.  They have a website on the internet.

Well I'll be darned ...

I am aware of them but had no idea they could convert a LOAD-O-MATIC DIST to a DUAL ADVANCE.

I am reading this right?

BTW - ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL WORKMANSHIP!

What is it going in and will it be a show car or driver?

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Oh, yeah, they do the conversion of Pertronix small block distributors, to fit Y Blocks.  Haven't heard anything bad about them.


Lawrenceville, GA

Outfit called FBO Ignition out of Cottage Grove, OR.  They have a website on the internet.

... decided to go with the guy in Oregon that converts the Load-o-matic to mechanical.  

Now who is that?

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Well, we thought it over and after weighing all the options, decided to go with the guy in Oregon that converts the Load-o-matic to mechanical.  His final product is tailored to what we have for engine, carbs, and transmission so the unit should cure our advance issues with the 8 stack system. We won't know anything more until he examines our unit and can reassure us the new one will be the same size or smaller.

It looks like the problem is any distrilblutor other than a load o matic will be too tall for your build.  As Charlie suggested, use your present distrubutor to trigger one of the available programmable boxes.  I believe Pertronix makes a unit for the LOM distributor. That being said, I have used a Pertronix to trigger a 6A MSD box - worked perfect so I'm thinking that a simple Pertronix should be able to trigger other boxes that would be suitable for your purpose.  That would be a simple straight forward method but there are olther systems available that use a trigger wheel mounded to the damper pulley etc.. Will be interesting to see what you come up with..............

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Or switch to a post-'56 Y-block distributor, just change from the 14 tooth Ford drive gear to the 15 tooth Lincoln drive gear. The distributor is one of the few parts that interchanges between the LYB and the Ford/Mercury Y-block.

You could use the vacuum distributor to trigger an external, programmable ignition box.


Lawrenceville, GA

After running the motor for a time, we are discovering the vacuum advance distributor is not delivering enough advance for our set-up. Replacing the OEM one with an aftermarket mechanical is not possible because of lack of room with the Weber set-up.  It's just too darn tight to get a new style distributor in there.  We're looking for someone that can convert our vacuum one to mechanical. Any suggestions would be appreciated.