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Laughing Gas
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From: Gulf Coast, MS
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Has anyone ever used the 1 wire HEI distributors or a Pertronix distributor? I'm changing from EFI to carb and looking to use one of these types but would like some experienced advice first please.
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Doing this in what ? Pertronix is easy, just two wires. If you've got a roller cam in the engine, you'll need a steel geared distributor. The so called "one wire" distributors are huge and fuggly on a 302.
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What vehicle is this going in ? If it's something that had an early EFI setup, then a Duraspark unit could be the way to go. That way there could be nothing to rewire, just plug it in and go.
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Laughing Gas
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If I could find a vehicle that had the wiring harness, module, and distributor than I would have went that way for sure
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From: south louisiana
I might have a duraspark harness, I'll look today. Won't have the distributor or the spark box, but you can buy those new at the parts house. If you've got a roller cam, then you'll need an 85 GT Mustang reman distributor for a manual transmission car to get one with the steel gear. You can get these too locally
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Laughing Gas
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I appreciate the help, let me know but I have already bought the aftermarket one. I haven't pulled the valve covers to see if its a roller or not but I don't think they were in 86 but could be totally wrong.