wireless lower plate

[Purdy Swoft]

There are two styles of wireless lower plates. There is the style that is used with the V8 points that is nothing but a problem. The wireless lower plate that is designed for use with the original points is a way better idea than the wire that was originally used . There is no doubt a lot of confusion between the two different wireless lower plates. I have used the acorn nut style wireless lower plates for nearly 20 years with no problems . The style that I have uses a brass acorn nut and there is nothing to fail. The other style uses a brass strip that can and does short against the distributor housing. The plate that uses the acorn nut has been fail safe for me. Unless a person drives with their hand on the spark lever, constantly moving it untill they wear a groove through the lower plate, there should be no problem. Unlike the V8 points style wireless lower plate the acorn nut contacts the special lower plate at all times, the acorn nut can not short against anything and is fail safe unless unreasonably used . If a person runs a compression ratio that is so high that constant movement of the spark lever is needed, the practical approach would be a centrifugal advance distributor.