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Old May 25, 2014 | 02:35 PM
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351w ignition help

I have an 82 f250 351w and you could not advance the timing so I bought a ready to run distributor the mechanical and vac advance and also a msd blast 2 coil my question do I need to replace the ingniton box or do I need any thing else at all my truck has a towing cam and I will be running 9 mm ford racing plug wires don't know much about ignition system any help would be great
 
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Also should the plug gap be different from factory switching the ignition system
 
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Also should the plug gap be different from factory switching the ignition system
 
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What do you mean by ready-to-run distributor? The stock ignition uses a magnetic trigger to the DSII module. Some aftermarket distributors require an ignition module, some have them built in.
 
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Msd ready to run distributor
 
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Magnetic pick-up, so it should work with the stock DSII module.
 
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