hey guys i am rebuiding an 96 5.0 out of my old ford halfton for my 83 capri going to go carborated . was wondering which distributer should i use the one out of my truck or the one out of the capri. thanks in advance
hey guys i am rebuiding an 96 5.0 out of my old ford halfton for my 83 capri going to go carborated . was wondering which distributer should i use the one out of my truck or the one out of the capri. thanks in advance
Is it a roller cam or flat tappet?
1983 Mustang G.T. No-option stripper- I like strippers.
5.0, GT40P heads, Comp Cams XE270HR-12 on 1.6 rockers, TFI spring kit, Weiand 174 blower, Holley 750 mechanical secondarys, Mishimoto radiator, Edelbrock street performer mechanical pump, BBK shortys, T-5 conversion, 8.8 rear, 3.73 gears, carbon fiber clutches, SS Machine lowers, Maximum Motorsport XL subframes, "B" springs.
Use a roller cam and a steel gear on the dizzy from the 83, or use it as a core exchange and get one from an 85.
ok thanks will order the gear
Since you guys are already on the topic, I hope it's ok that I post here. I was having issues with my MSD distributor. Had it running on the cast gear, but just temporarily. I had a steel gear ordered. I had trouble installing it and ended up damaging the distributor. I picked up a distributor from NAPA with the steel gear and vacuum advance. (Autozone only showed cast gears available for 85, so make sure you're getting the correct one).
Here's my question: I'm running an MSD 6AL box. The MSD distributor is mechanical advance...stock 85 dizzy is vacuum. Looks like I'll have to wire it up differently. Will this stock-style distributor work with my MSD box or am I going to have to get a duraspark box to hook it up? This is going in my pace car, which was previously a 2.3t. I don't have a spark box I can use, so if I need one to run the 6AL, I'll have to find one.
My 6AL2 is wired into an '85 distributor. The '85 uses mechanical advance, and vacuum. I don't have the vacuum advance hooked up on mine with a blower, but you could easily, and probably would want to. MSD box to distributor wiring can be found on their website- i can try to find the schematic if you need it. All of the original Duraspark stuff for mine is sitting on a shelf - i used none of it.
1983 Mustang G.T. No-option stripper- I like strippers.
5.0, GT40P heads, Comp Cams XE270HR-12 on 1.6 rockers, TFI spring kit, Weiand 174 blower, Holley 750 mechanical secondarys, Mishimoto radiator, Edelbrock street performer mechanical pump, BBK shortys, T-5 conversion, 8.8 rear, 3.73 gears, carbon fiber clutches, SS Machine lowers, Maximum Motorsport XL subframes, "B" springs.
It can be done both ways. My '68 runs a stock Ford '67 HiPo distributor converted to Duraspark pickup, and a 6AL.
MSD distributor actually contains a Duraspark pickup, btw...
Cheers,
Jeff Cook
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Thanks for the info, guys! And gmatt, that's the part I was needing! I didn't realize they made it. Figured I'd have to just splice them.
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