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Old Jul 27, 2015 | 03:55 PM
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What do you guys think










It's made out of a Mallory distributor idler pulley bearing from a 91 ford a piece of electrical conduit melted beer cans and an 8mm Mauser k98 barrel from ww2 other than that it's stock parts
 
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Old Jul 27, 2015 | 04:03 PM
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Looks like a flame thrower to me Who needs Oem parts any way
 
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Old Jul 27, 2015 | 04:03 PM
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Looks like a magneto
 
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Old Jul 27, 2015 | 05:13 PM
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I had it in the truck running but it hits the air filter so I did the easy fix and got a taller intake
 
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Old Jul 27, 2015 | 11:55 PM
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What is the purpose?
 
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Old Jul 28, 2015 | 12:53 AM
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The hope was to keep from filing the points so often
 
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Old Jul 28, 2015 | 05:55 AM
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The hope was to keep from filing the points so often
Thats why they designed electronic ignition.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2015 | 08:27 AM
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You will just be filing both sets of points often.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2015 | 12:41 PM
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My dad wanted the new highboy to be a bug out vehicle so points was necessary
 
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Old Jul 28, 2015 | 12:46 PM
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If there's been a nuclear blast close enough to you to for the EMP to fry the transistors in an electronic ignition module, I don't think any vehicle's going to do you any good anyway.
 
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Does the upper cylinder part not rock all around?
What is the perceived advantage over an OEM points distributor?
Why not stash a few durasparks in a faraday cage?
 
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Old Jul 28, 2015 | 11:19 PM
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It's a very tight fit so it doesn't move as far as I can tell
A guy I talked to said the plastic part would wear since it is riding on long surfaces so I put shrunk the shaft .2 inches to get a lower surface speed over oem but they don't fit like that so I put them at 180 degrees instead of 135 and offset the heights .5
I made it tall to put the condenser inside it since being at 180 degrees there is no room for one the original plan was to sit it on top of the lower breaker but when I put it together it hit the rotor
And anybody can hide duraspark units but my wires fried for duraspark and the new truck is points anyway
 
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