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08-15-2012, 09:01 AM | #21 |
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Re: Zipper Distributor??
Sacre bleu! Perhaps I'm just frugal (ok, "cheap") but can anyone explain - in some detail - the cost-benefit rationale behind a $500 distributor to replace what - imho - has apparently been a serviceable, reliable and (I can just hear the 'Oh you stick-in-the-mud" replies being prepared as I type this) easy to adjust/maintain unit for some 80+ years?
I will gladly stipulate that: (a) Model A owners are free (and welcome) to modify their vehicle(s) in any way they see fit; and (b) I have - in the past, it's currently sitting on the shelf - run a Mallory YL11A distributor for which I paid, in January 1977, $42.95 + tax & S/H. But I fail to see the benefit of this particular $500 "modification." Sorry if some of the above seems "snarky" and I really would be interested in hearing of the benefits.
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08-15-2012, 09:16 AM | #22 |
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Re: Zipper Distributor??
It lightens the wallet, and less weight equals more speed!
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08-15-2012, 09:47 AM | #23 |
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Re: Zipper Distributor??
Napa Skip: What's a new mallory cost today??
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08-15-2012, 11:44 AM | #24 |
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Re: Zipper Distributor??
"...what's a new Mallory cost today?"
Fair question and - as regards the Mallory YL11A, which is a single-point centrifugal advance unit - I don't know (and looking at the current Mallory product list, it may no longer be offered). I didn't find anything in Mac's, Bratton's, Snyders, Mike's or Bert's for a similar Mallory unit, although the Petronix (with which I am not familiar) appears to go for about $290. Escalating the January 1977 $42.95 price for increase in the CPI (58.5 in 1/77; 229.5 now) gives $168.50 (lol finding a new unit for that price) but I think all this begs the question of "what are the benefits of a $500 distributor?" And while I'll admit panning the concept, that really was the question (what are the benefits?) and one I hoped to gain some insight into. I do not find it difficult or particularly onerous either to manually adjust the distributor advance while driving or to set the timing and point gap on a conventional setup, nor do I take issue with anyone wanting to spend $500 on a Zipper distributor. As for me I don't see the benefits (at least not yet). As to lightening my wallet, putting two children through the University of California system took care of that quite well. In fact, if $500 lightens your wallet enough to go faster, then paying for 9 years total at UCLA and UC Davis means I ought to be somewhere around warp speed. Hang on Hans Solo...!! (Now that was a political comment...) [And, just so I don't get taken to task by any Trekkies that might be lurking on Ford Barn, yes I do realize that I've mixed Warp Speed (Star Trek) with Hyperspace Drive (Star Wars)...Good grief!]
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08-15-2012, 11:57 AM | #25 |
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Re: Zipper Distributor??
Napa Skip: I think there are a lot of people "new" to the A's who may not understand (or want to know) how the A "works. Judging by many of the questions (not knocking ANYONE) asked here. Many have never had a car with a choke, maybe even a carb,let alone manual control of a distributor. They may just want it to start, put it in gear, give it some gas and shift to the local cruise. JMO
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08-15-2012, 12:25 PM | #26 |
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08-15-2012, 01:02 PM | #27 |
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Re: Zipper Distributor??
What is the big deal to use the stock setup ? Been good enuf for 84 yrs...
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