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www.gaugeguys.com. They did my tach and it works great. Not a fast process though. I think their lead time is about a month.
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Don,
It wasn't what I'd call cheap. I think it was around $200, but this was almost a year ago... BUT with that being said, I haven't had a SINGLE issue with my ignition/tach since I upgraded to the Mallory system... no broken rotors (two before), no missing at high RPM, no fowled plugs... nothing. Quick starts and a nice idle; IMHO it was worth every penny.
It wasn't what I'd call cheap. I think it was around $200, but this was almost a year ago... BUT with that being said, I haven't had a SINGLE issue with my ignition/tach since I upgraded to the Mallory system... no broken rotors (two before), no missing at high RPM, no fowled plugs... nothing. Quick starts and a nice idle; IMHO it was worth every penny.
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Shannon,
I know you covered this before, but exactly which Mallory ignition did you use, model,etc.? And how did you install the drive dog?
Bill
I know you covered this before, but exactly which Mallory ignition did you use, model,etc.? And how did you install the drive dog?
Bill
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Bill, I could barely remember all the details, but I found a previous post that I wrote:
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Here's what I did: I got the distributor at www.centuryperformance.com. I was referred to them by some fellows at 6-pack.org. I ordered Mallory part number 4567801 for $320.00, which is the Mallory Unilite without vacuum advance. The next day the guy from Century Perf. called me and told me that the dizzy was on nation-wide back order for weeks. However, he did have the dual-point model in stock (part number: 2367801) which is externally the exact same distributor as 4567801. He also sells the Unilite conversion kit which then makes the dual points model identical to the Unilite version. He even converted the dizzy for me. Grand total: $240.00. Not bad considering Moss sells the Unilite for $523.00.
The Mallory does not come with a dog drive, you need to take the one off your old dizzy and have the shaft drilled for it. The Mallory comes with nice instructions, so I dropped it off at a local machine shop to be precision drilled, I had them orient the dog drive (in relation to the rotor) the same exact way the old Lucas was. The charge was $40.00.
The only charge I wasn't expecting came when I read that the Mallory requires a ballast resistor. Since I wanted a new coil anyway, I ordered a Mallory coil, part number: 29450 which has an integrated resistor. I mounted it on the flat spot on the fender well right underneath the master cylinder.
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If you need any more info just let me know.
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Here's what I did: I got the distributor at www.centuryperformance.com. I was referred to them by some fellows at 6-pack.org. I ordered Mallory part number 4567801 for $320.00, which is the Mallory Unilite without vacuum advance. The next day the guy from Century Perf. called me and told me that the dizzy was on nation-wide back order for weeks. However, he did have the dual-point model in stock (part number: 2367801) which is externally the exact same distributor as 4567801. He also sells the Unilite conversion kit which then makes the dual points model identical to the Unilite version. He even converted the dizzy for me. Grand total: $240.00. Not bad considering Moss sells the Unilite for $523.00.
The Mallory does not come with a dog drive, you need to take the one off your old dizzy and have the shaft drilled for it. The Mallory comes with nice instructions, so I dropped it off at a local machine shop to be precision drilled, I had them orient the dog drive (in relation to the rotor) the same exact way the old Lucas was. The charge was $40.00.
The only charge I wasn't expecting came when I read that the Mallory requires a ballast resistor. Since I wanted a new coil anyway, I ordered a Mallory coil, part number: 29450 which has an integrated resistor. I mounted it on the flat spot on the fender well right underneath the master cylinder.
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If you need any more info just let me know.
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Gaugeguys didn't change the look of my tach at all. However, there is an article on how to do this yourself (I found the article after I paid to do the conversion), I'll see if I can find it.