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Gene1949 · 05-11-2025, 09:01 AM

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I took the next step and installed a Chrysler [type] magnetic pickup and reluctor. Installing the pickup onto the vac advance plate was super easy. Figuring out the rotor/reluctor phasing was the hard part.
I looked at the "all in one" products being sold and rejected the PerTronix/Stromberg types because they are proprietary.

In the photo I used the heat sink and coil off a late 90s chev V-6. The brain is a mid 70s HEI. Bulletproof and parts readily available at the local NAPA. Been running this setup for about 20 years and about 20,000 miles. Plugs look brand new; I think due to the high voltage/low amperage spark from the "e-coil" and variable dwell provided by the HEI brain.

Mechanical advance; 6 ° initial for a total of 22 ° at 2300RPMs
Vacuum advance; (manifold) 1 ° @ 6" 10 ° @ 10" [crankshaft]

05-11-2025, 09:01 AM	#9
Gene1949 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Pahrump, NV Posts: 457	Re: Points Gap on chevy distributor 20220118_130154.jpg I took the next step and installed a Chrysler [type] magnetic pickup and reluctor. Installing the pickup onto the vac advance plate was super easy. Figuring out the rotor/reluctor phasing was the hard part. I looked at the "all in one" products being sold and rejected the PerTronix/Stromberg types because they are proprietary. In the photo I used the heat sink and coil off a late 90s chev V-6. The brain is a mid 70s HEI. Bulletproof and parts readily available at the local NAPA. Been running this setup for about 20 years and about 20,000 miles. Plugs look brand new; I think due to the high voltage/low amperage spark from the "e-coil" and variable dwell provided by the HEI brain. Mechanical advance; 6 ° initial for a total of 22 ° at 2300RPMs Vacuum advance; (manifold) 1 ° @ 6" 10 ° @ 10" [crankshaft]