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- 72 Sportsroof - 351C-4V, Fitech EFI, T56 Magnum 6 Speed
When I got my car a few years ago, it had a Mallory Unilite distributor and a Hyfire ignition box. It all works fine so far, but a couple things make me think about swapping it out and with black Friday sales about to start trying to see if it makes sense to do that. First, the wiring from the ignition box is a mess. It's been cut and spliced a bunch and is just basically a mess. I've cleaned it up, but it's still a mess. Then on the distributor, I've had issues getting the correct replacement rotors since they don't make this thing anymore. That makes me feel like sooner or later I'll be stuck for an extended period because I can't get replacement parts.
I'll add that back in the late 80's I worked at Super Shops (old west coast guys will know) and was sold the crap out of Mallory ignitions and even went to special Mallory sales training, so hard wired to like the stuff.
Anyway, so contemplating replacing this just to clean things up and get something hopefully more serviceable. But I don't really want to take a step down in performance and do want something with a tach signal for the EFI. HEI sounds interesting, but space might be an issue up top. Appreciate any feedback on options to simplify while keeping a great spark or should I just keep the old thing as it works great and ain't broke.
Thanks
I'll add that back in the late 80's I worked at Super Shops (old west coast guys will know) and was sold the crap out of Mallory ignitions and even went to special Mallory sales training, so hard wired to like the stuff.
Anyway, so contemplating replacing this just to clean things up and get something hopefully more serviceable. But I don't really want to take a step down in performance and do want something with a tach signal for the EFI. HEI sounds interesting, but space might be an issue up top. Appreciate any feedback on options to simplify while keeping a great spark or should I just keep the old thing as it works great and ain't broke.
Thanks