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1982AMCConcord 
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 Posted: Jul/26/2018 at 7:26am |
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Apparently Holley just released this new Dizzy for the Sniper EFI about 3 weeks ago....
http://www.jegs.com/i/Holley/510/565-308/10002/-1 (Linked fixed!) Edited by 1982AMCConcord - Jul/26/2018 at 9:38am |
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WesternRed
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Posted: Jul/26/2018 at 7:46am |
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Cool, hadn't seen that before so now we have another option.
PS: you might have to fix that link
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White70JavelinSST
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Posted: Jul/26/2018 at 9:32am |
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WELL CRAP, that really sucks, that the latest bunch of MSD distributors are experiencing failures. Although it's par for the course. If a manufacturer makes so many of the things some of them are bound to be faulty, it's just reality. Makes me wonder how many of the Jeg's distributors will fail.....although I guess for $138 each, I could have bought two of them and put one in the trunk and swap it out when it craps. Like I stated earlier, although mine are the older versions, I've had no troubles so far, (knock on wood). I'd estimate easily 10k miles or maybe more over a ten plus year period of time I guess it's difficult to get real riled up about it though, as I see MSD's point. Why bang your head against the wall providing top notch products when people are so willing to buy the "cheaper" Chinese knock offs. Just jump on the band wagon and employ the Chinese to provide the same crap as their knock offs and hope for the best. Bottom line is they gotta make money, and get creative in the process, All I can say, is I popped those MSD Billet Ready to Run Distributors into the engines, timed them and went cruising. I didn't even think to disassemble them and check for shavings in bearings, rough edges on parts, and crappy lubrication. Heck even the drive gears are giving no troubles. Obviously your results may vary, Good Luck Greyhoud
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White70JavelinSST
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Posted: Jul/26/2018 at 9:34am |
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Got your back 82concord, Link fixed Anyone wanna guess where this one is made??
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1982AMCConcord
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Posted: Jul/26/2018 at 9:40am |
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Thanks! Sorry about the bad link guys! My bad! I fixed my link!
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Posted: Jul/26/2018 at 12:22pm |
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It looks like the Holley Sniper distributor doesn't have any advance mechanism, as it's intended for EFI use only. It's probably not really an option then for 99.9% of AMC cars.
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Jmerican
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Posted: Jul/27/2018 at 1:34pm |
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Im not against the MSD, however the RtR units will strand you. I talked to a shop who sells them and they said they had a pile of them dead. The mag pickup version is likely very reliable, and one could carry a spare. The RTR is really a joke.
In addition, it seems, with the plethora of overseas options/copies/counterfeits/and lack of QC, one needs to be careful. I dont believe they are dimentionally accurate and therefore relationships between gears/covers/pumps may come into play. |
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jpnjim
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Posted: Jul/27/2018 at 2:31pm |
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So is the solution to this to use the trigger version, and wire up an HEI module to it to fire the coil? You can get the HEI modules just about about anywhere so there would be spares a plenty for anyone who needed to replace one. |
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jpnjim
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Posted: Jul/27/2018 at 2:36pm |
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Diagram to wire an HEI module to a Motorcraft distributor,
I'm guessing it could also be done to an MSD/MSD Clone  also, there are Ebay distributors listed as "small cap HEI", I don't know if these use the HEI module, or if they're just another MSD knockoff under a different name, example:  Edited by jpnjim - Jul/27/2018 at 2:41pm |
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Greyhounds_AMX
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Posted: Jul/31/2018 at 1:02pm |
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Another interesting thing about the Jegs distributor - it came with an adjustable vacuum advance can on it. If you look you can see that they use the Ford style hex shaped vacuum advance can.
The MSD units and almost all of the other units use smooth round advance cans, so I'm not sure if they are adjustable.
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