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Location: Lewisville, TX. | Can someone tell me about what it costs to convert points to electronic ignition?
Edited by reed.bradzsavoytoy57 2014-11-09 10:48 PM
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Location: Colo Spgs | Hola Brian.
what Divisional Engine are you wanting to do this with?
Rodger & Gabby
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Edited by Rodger 2014-11-10 2:56 PM
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Location: Newark, Texas (Fort Worth) | I think Brad has a 301 poly in his ride. marc. |
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Location: Perth Australia | $50 if you change the whole distributor if you get one of the ones off ebay
More if your trying to convert the orriginal one (if its possible to convert)
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Location: N.W. Fla. | mstrug - 2014-11-10 11:45 AM
I think Brad has a 301 poly in his ride. marc. A 301 Plym A Poly or a 301 Chr Poly????? |
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Location: Newark, Texas (Fort Worth) | A poly is in his 1957 Plymouth as his avatar shows. Marc. |
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Location: N.W. Fla. | Go to the junkyard & get the whole electronic system of a newer 318 LA.... |
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Location: Lewisville, TX. | Thanks guys. Hey Marc my name is acually Brian. Brad is one of my boys name. I did look on ebay and its about $70.00 to $90.00 for a kit. I would rather keep it looking original. I wanted to keep the points but I have had to replace them 3 times and I have only put 60 miles on the car since I got it running.Its the original 301 poly. |
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Location: Colo Spgs | Hola Brian
If you take a moment to look at any LA-318 that is a100 to 200 or 150 to 250 Dodge Van - you will see The Distributor and related parts appearance is very close to your appearance.
The same tool will be needed to loosen either one.
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Location: Perth Australia | Why is it burning up points, they should be good for thousands of miles?
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Location: Lewisville, TX. | Hey Micheal, its not burning up the points, the lobe that hits the cam is wearing down to were they are barely opening. Not sure why its happening. Probably faulty points. |
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Location: Perth Australia | Are you putting a dob of grease behind the rubbing block?
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Location: Michigan | I agree it shouldn't be wearing those out that fast. I did the pertronix change and used my original dual point distro. It looks exactly stock and you would never know unless you removed the cap. |
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Location: N.W. Fla. | The end of the rub block on new points are beveled & wear fast @ 1st until the bevel wears off or gets filed off before installing. Pertronix has worked good for me on Mopar & Ford conversions. |
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Pertronix only make 'lectronic conversions for the dual point dizzys. I think there was discussion and a few photos about this subject on this here 12/18 months or so ago ?
I sent an email to them back then about a conversion for the single point dizzys and they were going to look into it was the reply.
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Location: Peoples Republic of Oregon | If you take your time you can take the guts out of a late Mopar electronic and install in your stock housing. Minor mods required but doable.
It would be much easier to just change to a post-72 dizzy and related parts and be on your way. IMHO, the Mopar parts are much more reliable than the pertronix units
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Points to electronic ignition.
