distributor cap

[Sailwood]

1.) If Ignitor is fitted to Delco distributor, is a modified cap required? Easily modified if yes?
2.) Is the flywheel housing in a late model (part bolted to block) different from that of the early model?

Thanks,

Doug Soden
ASPEN Columbia 29 #131
Little Egg Harbor, NJ

[Ball Racing]

If you have a dremel or a round file, you can modify the cap to fit the new wiring of the ignitor.
I believe moyer also sells a cap that has been clearanced.
There were several flywheel housings, the late model had at least 2

[ndutton]

Hmmm, mine required no such modification. There's a booted recess in the distributor body that worked well.

[Ball Racing]

http://www.moyermarine.com/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi?search=action&category=IGLM&keywords=all&template=Templates/B000_storebuilder.html

The new wires and boot are much larger than stock, and push against the cap and make it hard if not impossible to tighten down without crimping something.

[Dromo]

When I changed over , I just installed the new ignitor kit. put it back together and VOILA ! ran great . I wasn't aware of any distribitor cap modifications .

I'm not sure, I don't think you can use a early model flywheel housing on a late model engine , the housing would fit , but there is a pinion gear clearance problem , at the the starter.
cheers Rick

[sastanley]

I had the same experience as Daniel...I used a round file (or a pocket knife in a pinch like on that old Sabre that had been on the hard for years) to put a little notch in my cap to keep from pinching the wires on the Pertronix EI.

[marthur]

Early model flywheel housing

You can use the early model housing on a late model engine, but you have to grind a little off part of the casting. I understand that this is actually what Universal did for a while when they changed flywheels and starters.