Re: [Amc-list] Will this distributor work?

[Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

One thing I noticed for the RM crowd while reading up on the HEI module to Duraspark dist info.
One of them mentioned you could drive a TFI module with a points dist!  Now, If it is true that makes it way similar to the first series of MSD type boxes and you will have points that last a very long time!  The only wear is the mechanical wear as the voltage, or is it amperage? drops to almost zip. 

Don't do this without a little research to make sure you get the right module, but if yer a true RM kind of guy this is the cheapest way to upgrade the dist/ign in a 196! Junkyard parts would be all that are required.

YMMV.

Mark Price
Morgantown, WV 26508
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
"I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens!"

----- Original Message -----
From: "tom jennings" <tomj@xxxxxxx>
To: martin-davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 1:13:30 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [Amc-list] Will this distributor work?

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 4:21 AM, Davis Martin <martin-davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:


> I have a friend that has a ramabler wagon that has the 193 or 196 inline 6
> motor. I have a GM inline 6 HEI distributor that he is wanting but will it
> work on his old style 6 cylinder? I thought the blocks were all the same
> just a little bit different bore and stroke. Any help is greatly
> appreciated.



It's an old Delco-Remy for the OHV motor, and there's no alternative, just
the one part. The inliner crowd has the same problem.

Definitely the way to go is Pertronix, and for the adventurous, you can
extract another 10 degrees of mechanical advance from it. I've done both in
my motor. Ignition timing is so insanely conservative there's a lot of low
hanging fruit to be plucked here.


http://wps.com/AMC/1963-Rambler-American/Distributor/

Note that the flathead and OHV motors use different distributors and the
Pertronix part number above is for OHV.

More American stuff at

http://wps.com/AMC/1963-Rambler-American/



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