I know alot of you are purists, however I hate points, are the mallory Distributors well matched to the y block?

I am new to Y-blocks, just got a 56 f100

 I'm on a Lowwwww Budget

Depends on what you are looking for. Get a 57 up distributor and install petronix innards or build you a Duraspark . Lasts forever plus 2 days.

55Birdman  Hickory NC

Welcome to the site. A lot of knowledgeable and generous people on these boards.



Do a search for Duraspark. There's a trick ignition setup using a rebuilt y-block distributor with late 70's early 80's breaker plate, reluctor, pick-up, and vacuum advance diaphragm. I bought the rebuilt y-block (Cardone) distributor and I'm hunting for a Duraspark distributor on Craigslist.

Best regards,



Paul Menten

Meridian, Idaho

If your dist is good, try the Petronix. I'm running two in y's and several of my friends in other motors, and it's a set and forget.

miker
55 bird, 32 cabrio F code
Kent, WA
Tucson, AZ

thanks guys, I will look for them

 I'm on a Lowwwww Budget

Mike,

We run the Pertronix Ignitor II (supposed to be better than the original but costs a little more) in a stock 57 dist. with an MSD capacitive discharge system.  The MSD is not necessary for the street, but I believe it would help cold starts and is supposed to give better performance.  I don't believe it gave us much more horsepower over the Mallory dual point system I started with, but it gave us more rpm and probably a great deal more reliability.

Electronics is either "on or off".  When it stops, so do you.  I haven't heard of many problems with the unit, but if you believe in spares like fan belts and hoses, a back up system of the original dist. or another Pertronix unit would be advisable.  My son put a pertronix unit in his street machine and it burnt up by leaving the ignition key on for an extended period of time without starting it.

Here is the Pertronix site to do a little investigation;

http://www.pertronix.com/prod/ig/ignitor2/default.aspx

Hope this helps and welcome to the site.

Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)







BurnsRacing981@gmail.com

I put over 200,000 miles on a Per-Lux(what is now Pertronix) and it would still be running if I hadn't forgotten to turn the key off one day without the engine running.That little slip of the brain roasts the electronics.

 

Paul,

Boonville,MO

Pertronix it is, thanks fellas

 I'm on a Lowwwww Budget

Just so this doesn't sound like a Pertronix ad - I got started down the road to using the Ford Duraspark II system by two gents who had their expensive toys die - on the freeway - on Sunday afternoons of course - with no spare Pertronix (and no spare points to try and rewire their distributors from scratch). Which can be big fun on a hot day in Arizona. After a nice towing bill and a lot of inconvenience, they decided there must be a better way. I volunteered to find the "better way" and ended up using Ford parts to do it. 

The Ford Duraspark II distributor set-up has a bullet-proof trigger (also used by MSD) which can be used to run an MSD box, the Ford Duraspark II controller - and other controllers as well. Many on this site use them - they are just as reliable as the Pertronix, inifinitely more available - and cheap. And you can't beat the convenience - if you do need a new Ford style controller (about $25 at Autozone) - it just "plugs-in" external to the distributor. Takes five minutes and drive on. Mine has been "set-it and forget-it" too so thats no big deal either.

 
 Steve Metzger       Tucson, Arizona

I have had my petronix in my bird for about 8 years. Never missed a beat. I added MSD 6AL box and coil this year. I have a spare petronix set up in the glove box. But never pulled it out of the bag. Just like a Timex or the energizer bunny on and on and on . (so far)  

55Birdman  Hickory NC