I hope I'm not going to bore anyone, but I seem to have fixed my stalling problem which I thought must have been carb or vacuum related, however, it turns out that I was using the wrong ignition coil, I checked with the supplier of my new electronic distributor and was told I should use a Bosch HEC716 coil with no ballast resistor.

Ken - thanks for posting those videos. You can hear the difference for sure. Question for you... I don't think I have ever seen that distributor and coil setup. Can you give some more information on that and maybe your source for those parts? Are they only available in New Zealand? that coil looked as if its mount was specifically made for y block intake manifold.


Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Ken, i think 14* may be too far advanced for a standard cam, you should have no more than 36-38*


South Australia

When I looked at the video it seemed as if the distributor did have a vacuum pot on it that was connected, but I am unsure of the interior of the dizzy and what kind of advance is used. I assumed it was mechanical. Has anyone else ever seen this kind of distributor? what brand is it?



Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Hi Daniel, The distributor is one listed for a 289/302windsor, It’s made in China I don’t know the brand as there is nothing writtenor stamped on it, although I seem to remember the name Pro-comp being used bythe supplier. It actually has a two piece shaft, however when I looked at thesame brand the other day they now come only with a one piece shaft. Price was$100 but the coil cost me $120. I wanted to stay with points but all of thedistributors I have are seized solid. So I decided to experiment with this.

I got the idea from Aussie Bill when reading one of hisposts about 4 years ago. The mounting dimensions are the same as the Y block,but the shaft is too short and the gear is the wrong size, so I lengthened theshaft and used my original drive gear. You just have to make sure the new extensionis centred. The coil mount came with the coil but I did have to chop the corneroff to make it a nice fit.

Slick, being an ammature I appreciate all the advice I canget, I certainly don't want a hole in my piston, so I’ll back off the advance a bit, I set it to that based on what I hadread elsewhere, and at idle it ran quite smooth at 14BTDC, should I let it runa little rougher?? It is the 57 cam if that means anything.

 

Ken

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

Thanks Bill, I actually bought a spare one just in case, but I will keep the Bosch module in mind. The engine is not going into the car for about another six months so I'll have time to sort through any issues hopefully by then.Ken.