On Aug 11, 3:31 pm, MO <
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> Chick it was not a waste of time. Many ohers of us read your report
> and learned something from it. I would rather see some first hand
> experience over advertising hype---anytime.........................MO
>
> On Aug 11, 4:02 pm, "Stephen Andrachek" <
s.andrac...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Suit yourself and good luck. An hour of writing you an email was just a
> > waste of time.
>
> > Chick
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "William Harrison" <
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> > To: <
1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 4:51 PM
> > Subject: Re: Pertronix Equivalent
>
> > $395 for a distributor for my street driven car is a bit pricey....I'll stay
> > with my pertronix set up.
> > Later
> > Bill Harrison
> > 65 Coronet 2 dr post
>
> > --- On Thu, 8/11/11, Stephen Andrachek <
s.andrac...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > From: Stephen Andrachek <
s.andrac...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: Re: Pertronix Equivalent
> > > To:
1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Date: Thursday, August 11, 2011, 4:43 PM
> > > Note: When I first tried to
> > > send this email I got a message telling me one or more
> > > pictures would not show up in the sent email and asked me to
> > > send it or not. Since I don't know what picture is
> > > screwed up, I'm sending it out. The links are there even if
> > > the picture or pictures are not. The
> > > pictures ARE at the links I provided.
>
> > > Davis Unified Ignition sells a distributor with the coil
> > > built into the top of the distributor. I bought one
> > > for my '62 Dodge but it is a very tall distributor and the
> > > '62's hood slopes down so much that the distributor wouldn't
> > > fit under the hood. Although I had the distributor for
> > > over a year (waiting on a useless engine man to get moving
> > > on my engine) D.U.I. (as they are also called) told me to
> > > send it back in the original box and they would refund all
> > > my money. And they did. They are from Tennessee
> > > and all their stuff is made in the U.S.A. They also
> > > make the finest spark plug wires I have ever seen and I
> > > bought a set of them and I'm not sorry I did.
>
> > > They also sell a tiny "Dyna Bat" battery that weighs 13.5
> > > lbs. and will crank your engine just as good as a big
> > > battery that weighs 3 times as much. I have one in my
> > > car. Last year I locked up my garage after taking a
> > > ride and my brake light switch sticks and I didn't notice
> > > it. The next time I went to the garage to take my car
> > > out the battery was dead. So I took it out of the car
> > > and it was November so I kept the battery in the house.
>
> > > In the spring I borrowed my friends car-fixing kind of
> > > place big battery charger. I hooked up my battery to
> > > the charger and guess what? The battery showed a
> > > normal charge and it did indeed have a full charge in
> > > it. I never used a trickle charger or anything to
> > > charge that battery after it went dead and I'm still amazed
> > > that it rejuvinated itself just by sitting for a while.
>
> > > This battery is full of gel and sealed. It is only
> > > $120 and comes complete with a mounting bracket. I did
> > > the brake light thing again and again the battery, though
> > > completely dead, rejuvinated itself in a few weeks. I
> > > don't know how they do that, but they do.
>
> > > Below is the distributor with the built-in coil.
>
> > > Here's a link to the companies "work" page where they hook
> > > up one of their distributors and test it and a whole lot
> > > more info:
> > >
http://www.streetlegaltv.com/forum/d-u-i-street-strip-distributor-559...
>
> > > Here's a link to D.U.I.'s main page:
> > >
http://www.performancedistributors.com/Youhave
> > > to scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on what
> > > kind of engine you have and on what product you wish to
> > > review.
>
> > > Here's a picture of the DynaBat battery. You can
> > > choose any of three terminal styles. Here's a link to
> > > the Dyna-Batt:
http://www.performancedistributors.com/batteries.htm
>
> > > Here's a picture of a Mopar distributor. They make
> > > them for small blocks, big blocks and one for a Hemi.
> > > They come in 4 or 5 colors and so do their "live wire" spark
> > > plug wires. They make 2 different kinds of
> > > distributors, one with a coil built into the top of the
> > > distributor and one with a conventional separate coil.
> > > Now get this. You tell D.U.I. what curve you want in
> > > your distributor and they do it for you. I am talking
> > > about degrees of advance. One distributor degree
> > > equals two crankshaft degrees. Let's say you have a
> > > car that needs either a lot of initial timing to start your
> > > car. You can set your initial timing at 20 degrees or
> > > whatever you need. Then you tell D.U.I. to put an eight
> > > degree curve in your distributor. Thirty six degrees is
> > > generally considered max or near max (total timing from
> > > distributor and initial timing added together. If 20
> > > degrees initial timing is no good for your engine for
> > > starting purposes, have them put 10 or 12 degrees advance in
> > > your distributor which would give you 20 or 24 degrees of
> > > advance from the distributor. Then, to get your engine
> > > to 36 degrees total timing (or whatever you need) all you
> > > have to do is to set your initial timing at idle to either
> > > 16 or 12 degrees of timing and bingo!, your engine will now
> > > have that 36 degrees of total timing.
>
> > > Here's the one with the separate coil.
>
> > > Here are the ones with a built-in coil. The "click
> > > here" doesn't work on the pics in this email. You have
> > > to be on their web site to get results from the "click here"
> > > line.
>
> > > Here's a link to the "live wires":
> > >
http://www.performancedistributors.com/livewire.htm
> > > You tell them what color you want, the length you want for
> > > each cylinder and they mark that cable with the cylinder
> > > number for you. You can also specify what angle you
> > > want on both ends of each wire. You might want three
> > > plug wires with a straight end on the spark plug end, two
> > > plug wires with a 90 degree bend on the spark plug end and
> > > maybe three plug wires with a 45 degree bend on the spark
> > > plug end. On top of that, you can also specify what
> > > ends you want on the distributor end too. You can get
> > > it coming straight out of the wire or you can get the
> > > distributor end with a 90 degree bend in it. If you
> > > manage to burn up a wire, they will sell you just one
> > > wire. Or two wires. Whatever you want.
> > > Here's what they look like:
>
> > > Obviously, if you are building a car that you want to look
> > > as stock as possible then this is not the stuff you
> > > want. On the other hand, if you are building a street
> > > rod where you keep the car looking pretty much stock on the
> > > outside, this equipment is highly recommended.
>
> > > This company stands by its products. I bought a kit
> > > for my PT Cruiser from them which included a set of "live
> > > wires" and a high performance coil. Then I added a
> > > good low-restriction air filter. Then I raced my
> > > friends turbocharged PT Cruiser. My car is a stick
> > > shift, my friend's car is an automatic. I pulled out
> > > quickly and feathered the clutch so I didn't spin much
> > > tire. I think I had three car lengths on my friend
> > > before his wheels turned over once. Then I thought at
> > > about the halfway point (1/4 mile race) that he would come
> > > blowing past me. That never happened. I put so
> > > many car length's on him that I couldn't count them.
> > > My car is not turbo or supercharged. The right
> > > equipment can make up for a weakness somewhere else.
>
> > > Besides Hughs Engineering, Mancini's and Dvorak's places
> > > which are all Mopar all the time, this company thinks very
> > > highly of its customers and will bend over backwards to keep
> > > you happy.
>
> > > Lastly, here is a picture of my engine with the live
> > > wires. I got red ones and powder-coated the caps that
> > > cover the crossram intake bolts red too. The block is black,
> > > the heads and water pump are silver and the intake is black.
> > > Note the billet plug wire separator just to the right of the
> > > valve cover. They come with either 2, 3 or 4 holes. I
> > > have some of each on each side of the engine. Also
> > > sold by D.U.I.
>
> > > Hope this info helps you and/or others.
>
> > > Chick
>
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