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No, the 1167 will not work right out of the box. The pertronix takes the place of the points; using a pass transistor to make the circuit to ground. The pass transistor can tolerate the voltage but the control circuitry cannot. For this reason, you either need to drop the 28V supplied to the...

It was the 1167 pertronix. The same as used in early GM inline six distributors. You will have to slightly modify the plate that the points mounted on. I believe that I had to remove the eccentric used to adjust point gap and drill and tap a hole to retain the pertronix.

I have modified both the Reo OA331 and Continental R6602 with the Pertronix. I'll have to double check but I am pretty sure that it was the 1167. I did one with a special ordered 24V module ($125) and another using the standard Pertronix with a 12V regulator epoxied into the large condensor...

One of the best improvements that I ever made was converting to a civilian style distributor. I have used Pertonix in both the civilian and military style distributors with good results. Because the distributor is fairly simple on the Reo, it is easy to convert other distributors to fit. The...

I don't think that the sprag is a bad design. It is just that the sprags wear out leading to its poor reputation.

RE: Re: RE: Another Sprag Newbie Question You do not need to shift through first to get the shift from the reverse sprag to the front sprag. As soon as you pass through neutral, the change has been made. If going into first did something special, it would be undone as soon as you went back...

Re: RE: Another Sprag Newbie Question This is incorrect.

Egge Machine Company does rebabbiting of rod and main bearings. www.egge.com If you go to www.webrodder.com and go to the engines section you can see an article on how this is done. Wasn't Climax bought out by Waukesha around that time?

The older engines were designed for a lower volatility fuel which benefited from significant exhaust heat. I did a couple of things to mitigate this on my 331. I got a better carb (holley economaster) which can handle a hot soak better, I used a paper filter which doesn't trap as much fuel...

Clutch arm stop bumper for a 1947 to 1954 chevy pickup. http://www.classicparts.com/1947-59--Clutch-Arm-Stop-Bumper/productinfo/90%2D621/

If your point is that the ball bearings and gaskets are just "sizzle", you are missing the more important fact, the "sizzle" can be had with the steak for the same $$$.

I have been thinking about doing the same thing and converting to megasquirt TBI fuel injection.

Well, I am an engineer and reasonable inferences can be made by inspection; IF you know what you are looking at. As an example, I (or anyone else knowledgeable in the industry) can de-lid a competitor's unit, read the part number off of the IC and know what characteristics the unit posses...

I agree. My brother's 602 runs rich (at least at idle) and loads up after awhile. I have read that running rich is often used to cover up poor fuel delivery/ manifold/ ignition characteristics. Wonder if that is the case here?

Rich or lean depends on how a particular carb is tuned. A small 4bbl should be fine. The staged 2bbls have been reported to not have a goodl mid range on 200 to 300 cubic inch inlines; they were designed for high rev'ing small engines.

I understand that. This is not a performance characterization. It is doubtful that many have the real abilities to do that. However, benchmarking does include construction analysis; this being more of an overview. My interpretation of your posts was that you see no value whatsoever by the...

You could try Antique Electronic Supply www.tubesandmore.com They sell 6 and 12V solid state replacements but may be able to point you in a direction for a 24V. It shouldn't be that difficult or expensive to build; maybe you can reverse engineer one.

This is not product disparagement; it is fair and objective benchmarking. In my industry, we do it every chance we get. You can bet that our customers do, too.

RE: Spark problem, oa-331 Compression takes more voltage to fire. What color is the spark? Fat blue or orange/ yellow?

No, not necessarily. Lets say that you apply 14V to a point that is already 14V; nothing happens; no additional current will flow. I don't know how the current will share upon startup; probably depends on if one battery is weaker and discharges more than the other. Maybe someone knows more...