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Old 02-11-2011, 02:42 PM   #13
Bruce Lancaster
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Default Re: Flathead Ignition Conversions

Basic mods: 78 cam, 4 lobes obliterated. Tracor pre-'52 one might fit...never had one of those distributors, but they are related.
Secondary...you have to use LZ rotor, which is phased wrong. Moon soldered curved strips of brass to LZ cap contacts, I have seen others I think better in which the brass tips of LZ rotor were slit with a razor saw radially and curved brass blades soldered in.
Most used some now hard to find small engine mag points, same ones as HC dual coil 59A, on a redrilled 78 plate. One I have kept the LZ plate (A VERY good idea, IMHO) and used one LZ point and one obsolete Mallory point, both of them now difficult to find. Those are the BIG mods.
Figuring out which LZ secondary terminals you need and when on a DC V8 should hurt your head!
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