[DeTomaso] Distributorless Ignition

[gow2 at rc-tech.net]

Thanks,

I don't actually need any sensor on the distributor. My tooth wheel is on
the crank. I think cutting off an capping an old distributor for the 400
is as easy as anything.

Gary

> Gary,
>
> As far as I know, no one makes an oil pump drive for a 351C.
>
> Price Motorsport ( http://www.pricemotorsport.com/ ) has a cam
> synchronizer/oil pump drive for the 351C that uses OEM Ford signal
> generator
> units; either Hall Effect or VR. It's essentially a 351C/351W version of
> the
> 302 Explorer cam synchronizer and is machined from billet aluminum.
>
> Mallory now has an oil pump drive/signal generator for the 351W (part #
> 77207D) that generates both cam and crank sync signals and can be used in
> a
> 351C by swapping the 351W dist. gear for a 351C dist. gear.
>
> Julian is correct in that MSD used to make cam sync oil pump drives for
> the
> 351C and 351W; however, they were designed to work with an ignition
> control
> unit that MSD was selling at the time. The signal generator was a
> proprietary unit and as such the signal it generated was a bit unusual and
> some EFI ECU's didn't work properly with it. That being said, I know a few
> people who use the MSD units with Electromotive ECU's without any
> problems.
>
> David
>
>