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5237 FORD STreet speedway IN 46224 us

AFTER BUILDINGAND SHIPPING OVER 2500 OF THESE UNITS . THIS PART OF OUR BUSINESS HAS BEEN SOLD TO FELLOW FORD BARNER:

CHARLIE SCHWENDLER

5845 COLE ROAD

OCHARD PARK, N.Y. 14127

PHONE :  716-440-8952 CELL

716-662-9159

CHARLIE pe your paragraph here.

DISTRIBUTOR NOTES AND PARTS SPECS.........

AS OF 6-1-2018 WE USE A GERMAN MADE BLUE COIL WITH A INTERNAL RESISTANCE !!! NO RESISTANCE IS NEEDED. HOOK IGNITION ON/OFF DIRECT TO POSITIVE COIL. DISTRIBUTOR LEAD GOES TO NEGATIVE....
CONTACT POINTS ARE THE VERY BEST WE CAN BUY. NAPA ECHLIN CS786 AND A MATCHING CONDENSOR IS RR175. THESE PARTS WHEN USED WITH OUR BLUE COIL WILL RUN FOREVER.!!!!!
NEVER RUN THIS IGNITION WITH A HIGH PERFORMANCE COIL OF LOW RESISTANCE !!!!!!!!!
OUR MOUNTING PLATE HAD BEEN PERFECT OVER THE YEARS , WE SUGGEST USING A STUD AND WASHERS TO SHIM IF NEEDED.
LOWER SHAFT HAD BEEN CUT TO ½ WHAT THE ORGINAL SHAFT WAS TO ENABLE A CORRECT FIT IN ALL TIMING COVERS.....
CAP AND ROTOR IS 1970 CHEVROLET V8 AND THERE ARE MANY OPTIONS ETC. DIFFERENT COLORS CONNECTION STYLE ETC CAN BE PURCHASED FRO SUMMITT ETC.
PRESENTLY WE HAVE SHIPPED OVER 2800 OF THESE UNITS...
DWELL IS SET AT 30 DEGREES AND EACH UNIT IS RAN ON A TESTER AND CHECKED FOR A FEW MINUTES !!
ADVANCE CURVE IS PURE FLATHEAD AT 11 DEGREES ( 22 ENGINE) AT 2500 RPM.......
SUGGEST A 0 BDTC ( OR ON THE PIN)

JIM @ WWW.BUBBASIGNITION.COM

After building and shipping 2800 plus of our delco conversions i knew we had a major problem!!  Sure there was changes from time to time as production and orders increased ( and over the years there is a listof  them)  this problem wasnt good , however it wasnt bad either??
The problem was we just couldnt keep up with the demands to get them done !!!
In the past we picked up Chevrolet V8 Aluminum distributors anywhere we could find them ,( at one time i could buy 50 or more in a day at the large Louisville swap meet) and at a decent price as well ! 
The large rock in the gears was that these cores were just plain "nasty dirty cores" and took a large amount of time to clean up, blast and machine for the Flathead engine!
A industry friend found us a fair deal on a 100% new Chevrolet distributor.  Every part is new and we add other new parts (proven Echlin Heavy duty Ignition contacts and condensor ) New stainless screws,factory style holddown  and a new Flathead drive gear makes the unit perfect!!
We no longer offer electronic ignition based on the customers lack of understandingof ignition coils etc.We suggest using a#1181LS pertronixs if electronic ignition is preferred....​
We also ship each unit with the correct ignition coil set up and factory primary resistance wire from coil to point set...
We block off the vacuum arm by  welding up the arm.  Its my thinking that a vacuum advance on a multi carb flathead is very hard to tune for most flathead owners . ( we do have adjustable advance units available ) no extra charge for vacuum. We just feel its not needed...
Distributor cap and rotor are standard chevrolet window units .

Complete unit ready to run is $350