Electronic Ignition

[Harlow]

I'm thinking about switching over to electronic ignition. Whats the best bang for the buck? I'm on a budget so money becomes a factor. One questions: Can I adjust my total timing digitally with electronic ignition? What have you guys used that you liked?

[supserdave]

You can adjust total timing digitaly with some of the high end units like the MSD distributor. We've always just used the electronic conversion kits from mancini, i think there 189 bucks.

[Chryco Psycho]

Cheapest route is hit the wreckers & get the wire harness , order a rebuilt dist & buy a Chrome box

[Rocky]

Cheapest route is hit the wreckers & get the wire harness , order a rebuilt dist & buy a Chrome box

Are the chrome boxes good for street use?  I always thought they would burn out early or something, not like the orange boxes have a good rep for that matter.  would one of the 13.5V blue regulaters be OK for street use too?

    Rocky

[Chryco Psycho]

Chrome boxes are great onthe street , the gold boxes will fail though
the blue VR will work on the street , not sure how long they will last thoguh

[Rocky]

Thanks, I was worried about spending twice as much when the orange boxes have such a high failure rate (from what I've heard).  I'm not so worried about the regulators, they seem to run in the same approximate price range.

[Harlow]

Sorry, but whats this chrome box?

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

I am running FBO's ign setup.  Works flawlessly for me

http://www.4secondsflat.com/a688specs.html

[tkkruzer]

if OEM is what you are after then what everybody is saying is the way to go, but check out www.designed2drive.com. best system for us guys on a budget.  good luck TK

[supserdave]

Hey Tk, how do you like the HEI setup? Seems like it would be nice and simple and cheap?

[tkkruzer]

you are right. this seems to be the way i will go. i've had problems out of the oem stuff in the past and I do not want it again. the HEI set up has never given me problems in any of my GM ventures so i'll probably go that way. I just like thing simple  TK

[Harlow]

Sorry for being so dumb, but does the HEI allow me to ditch the points and rotor?

[Charger-Bodie]

I am running FBO's ign setup.  Works flawlessly for me

http://www.4secondsflat.com/a688specs.html

hey chris i didnt know someone offered that as a package ive done a few cars with that basic setup now but ive pieced the stuff seperately coll thats the best deal ive seen!!!!

[supserdave]

Yep, Hei you lose the points.