well I've been looking into converting to an electronic distributor, but there seems to be about a billion ways to do it and I can't really find what I'm looking for. I saw the petronix system, what would be the difference between doing that or putting an HEI distributor on it? Also, is there a specific one I need or can I just get one off a later model 302 from a scrap yard? I'm under the impression its going to make a world of difference converting from a points system. Is this true? Thanks!
Yes! No more adjusting and replacing points, and the car will drun a lot better. The Pertronix kit is the easiest, only two wires to hook up, or a billet distributor (MSD, Summit, Accel or many others) is also an easy conversion. The DuraSpark is good, but a bit more difficult to hook up. Good luck!
i have a dui hei in my car it runs very good if you go that route dont hook up the vacuum advance it makes the timing jump around and makes it impossible to time and it runs bad
any system you feel you can handle putting on will be a vast improvement over points. I personally like the billet distributor option. Clean and easy to install and upgradable in the future. I ran the accel dist until I wanted a rev limiter. So then, I installed the accel 300+ box and coil using the pick up from the billet dist. Pertronix is quick and easy. Usually has good results and would be my second option if I didn't want to spend the cash on a whole distributor.
Duraspark is a 2-wire hookup also. The extra wires is in the harness going from the box to the distributor.
