Here are some photos of my new distributor. We started with a used EBay $28 Ford 390 vacuum advance distributor, hard chromed the shaft for hardness, replaced the bushings and installed MSD pickup and magnetic wheel and here you go, A stock looking Ford vacuum distributor which performs like a brand new MSD Pro Billet unit. It will plug right in the MSD control box. The vacuum advance is a must these days with gas prices around $4.50 per gallon. Properly tuned, you can save between 1 and 3 miles per gallons and increase mid-range performance on the street. It was set up for the car, the weight, final ratio, gearbox type, engine displacement, cam type, compression, and carburetor type.
I must say I am impressed, great workmanship. I should be much better than the Pertronix electronic ignition which have been failing regularly on my car.
I think AC Ace and Bristol owners should ask Dave if he can modify their distributors to accept an MSD trigger which is by far the best and most reliable after market ignition in the industry.
Over the years, I installed MSD ignitions in all of my vintage cars and had only one failure, a 6AL box which had been bought used on EBay. Upon removal I realized it had been opened before.
My brother on his E- Type had installed various Euro made electronic ignitions, they all failed, so much so that he went back to points to achieve decent reliability.
Here is the site of Dave ray who does these mods:
http://www.davessmallbodyheis.com/ Here is my distributor:
Outside:
Inside:
It's coming together little by little.
Emmanuel[
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