Summit 850080 distributor

[69 GTX]

I bought the sum 850080 mech adv, magnetic pick up distributor for my engine. Also bought a "orange" box ECU. I asked a summit tech about the leads on the distributor as they are a different connector than the conversion harness that comes with the orange box. The email I got back said.
The distributor si designed to be used with an after market ignition box such as the MSD or Summit. It's not intended to be used with a factory style Mopar ignition box.
So I'm not sure what he means by this. Does it mean that the connectors won't work, or the distributor won't work.
Please help. Thanks

 

[moparnation74]

Just my 2 cents....I would do anything to not use the Mopar orange box......They routinely fail....

I know it is an added expense but I would go with the recommended boxes

 

[69 GTX]

I really want the nostalgia look.

 

[6-david-5]

I looked at your distributor, and since it is a magnetic pickup, I would be tempted to try it on a known-good-but junk ECM. Make an adapter with an MSD mag pickup pigtail to the mopar offset-2-pin connector.

It sounds like they "intended" for you to help them with the sales of theirs & MSD's ignition boxes, and I'm sure their fine. But I am one of those who will most likely listen to the devil on my other shoulder cupping his hands right into my ear saying "just hook it up! It will work!"

Or, just mount a Summit/MSD ignition under the battery tray, or in the interior on the passenger-side. A rev limiter is a nice feature to have....

 

[69 GTX]

While looking at the rev-a-nator instructions, they mention they use the firecore distributor so I'm going to try it. Internals look very much like the OEM. So I wired it just like that. I do have a 80s orange box so I may try it first.

 

[IQ52]

Gadzooks. We never did finish our conversation.

Of course it will work with the orange box. The Summit/FireCore distributor has the Chrysler internals. The distributor is polarity sensitive so the positive must go to the positive and the negative to the negative. I just don't know which on the distributor is which. And that is the question I was going to ask Summit. If the polarities get reversed the engine will fire but will need some 40-60 degrees initial on the timing light to run and won't make any power.

 

[69 GTX]

I used a OEM distributor to figure out which wire goes where. I found in reading the Rev-A-Nator instructions they also use a firecore distributor. So I think I'm all good!

 

[440beep]

Yep, I'm using the Firecore dizzy with my Rev-n-nator box and prior I used the Mopar electronic dizzy with the Rev-n-nator, no issues. All plug and play, but I had the prior wiring harness from the Mopar electronic ignition conversion which might have helped the plug-n-play.

I used a OEM distributor to figure out which wire goes where. I found in reading the Rev-A-Nator instructions they also use a firecore distributor. So I think I'm all good!