DeTomaso Mailing List: February 98, Message #203
     



From: 	scott black <timepiecepr@yahoo.com>

Subject: Re: Distributor Suggestions

Date: 	Wed, 4 Feb 1998 13:14:01 +0000



I have a single point vacuum advance Ford distributor.  We rebuilt it

when installing the Jacobs electronic ignition system (see PI Summer

1997).  We put a new vacuum pot on it, cleaned the rubber remains out

of the bottom, and put in a Pertronex ignitionless system.  I didn't

know that the unilte system which was in the stock distributor would

have worked with the Jacobs, or I would never have pulled it out.  It

and a big Accel coil have been sitting in my garage for a year now.  



The Jacobs system (similar to MSD)is really good.  I highly recommend

it.  The unilte conversion fit under the stock cap in the Ford

distributor and sure fooled folks.  Plus it almost always worked.  I

had to replace the module a few years ago, but I probably only put

3,00 miles on it.  Like I said, I would have left it in if I had

talked to Jacobs before installation.  However, the Pertronex took

about 15 minutes to install and was only $89 or so.



Scott Black

Dallas, TX









---CBachelor@aol.com wrote:

>

> Thinking of chucking my single point distributor (72L #4313). My first

> question is did any Panteras of my era come with a single point

distributor as

> stock? My second question is does any body have any distributor

> recommendations for a street driven car? I am considering replacing

the single

> point with the Mallory Unilite with vacuum advance. Thanks!

> 

> 



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