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Checked all wiring. Seems good. Waiting for a new ignition switch from Classic Industries to come in this week. Will post an update after I install it and drive for a while.

Brand new Holley 4160 on the motor...

Forgot to mention…I put an FBO ignition box on and that bypasses (jumps) the ballast resistor, so that should be removed from the equation.

Instant off. Sometimes tries to run again before off completely. That’s why I was thinking it’s the switch making/losing contact intermittently.

Thanks...would the ballast cause an intermittent failure?

Hmmmm… I’m thinking the switch is loose due to the collar and causing intermittent fa. Will see how it goes now that it’s tightened up…thanks!

Hi all… Just need a quick brain check here. Took Buzzbee to the local Cars and Coffee in Ocean City this morning. Ran great (and has been since the new Firecore distributor a few weeks ago), but when I was nearly there, I came up to a stop light and it stalled. Pushed in the clutch and...

No…it was not.

Installed a new Firecore electronic distributor in Buzzbee today. What a difference!! Old distributor was ok under light load or slowly increasing to cruising speed. Any moderate to heavy throttle or higher rpm cruising it would start to miss and generally run poorly. With this new...

Yes…strangely. But it works. One would think a seal for a 77 Cordoba rotor would be the right part but… Here are all of the part numbers needed for my conversion. All from Rock Auto except the brackets and calipers/pads which I got from USCT/Scarebird:

I believe it’s a drum master cylinder. Dual reservoir. USCT/Scarebird stated the factory master cylinder works. Only concern I would have is if the car has a single reservoir master cylinder, then you have to be really careful to make sure it doesn’t run dry as the pistons expand as the pads...

Sorry - I should have mentioned that. I am using the dual reservoir manual master cylinder. Works great. A lot less pedal pressure required than with the drums.

Hi all, I thought I'd share my experience installing the Scarebird (US Car Tool) front disc brake conversion on my '68 Super Bee. I did this over the past weekend and I've included pictures below. To start - my experience was really good. I did run into a few things that I will mention here...

Hi all, Installing the Scarebird front disc brakes on my ‘68 Super Bee. I have the front hubs, drums, backing plates, brake assemblies as show in the pic. One hub is still riveted to the drum and one is not. $100 plus actual shipping. Located in close to Bethany Beach, DE. Zip 19945...