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While rebuilding the spare distributor for my old Rambler I got off track and decided to convert it over to Electronic Ignition. I figured since it was a spare I might as well try it since I was VERY pleased having done this in teh past on another vehicle I had.

Long story short, I checked Ebay and found a Mopar NOS pickup & reluctor for a 6 - it was a little pricey but at 30 bucks a heck of alot cheaper than a Pertronix which I wanted no part of.

I'm only 1/2 done having mounted the pickup plate. Will work on adding the arm for the Vac Advance and once that is done I can work on machinig the cam lobe to press on the reluctor in the appropriate position.

I'll add in a pic when I remember how :-0


Racin'Jacin

Before:
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After:
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In the end it was a fair amount of monkeying around - I gotta wonder if going all GM would have been easier or not.

I also wonder if it'd have been easier to just remachine a housing already set up with the internals I wanted.

In any event,

IT WORKS

I still need to make a mount for the GM module - matter of fact I still need a couple GM modules - I don't trust the aftermarket one I have on there now.

I'm also told I should be running a lower OHM coil - I may have to dig one of those up as well.

But I will say this - it does seem to run a tad better. We'll see.


Racin'Jacin

Nice. It's not everyday that some converts their Rambler to electronic ignition.

I think this deserves the "tiresmoker of the month" award for sure.

What's next for the Rambler - direct electronic fuel injection?

Thanks!!

Actually I keep seeing those small roots blowers at the swapmeets CHEAP - sorta makes a fella wonder...............

MostMint wrote:Nice. It's not everyday that some converts their Rambler to electronic ignition.

I think this deserves the "tiresmoker of the month" award for sure.

What's next for the Rambler - direct electronic fuel injection?

I think this deserves the "tiresmoker of the month" award for sure.

2x.

The FUNNY part in all this was that after I got the ignition working I had the car running in the garage - keep in mind it's a 196cid six. Anemic would be a generous way to describe it. But amazingly enough with the better ignition I could actually squeal the tires - on the smooth garage floor of course - ha ha. It NEVER did that with the points dizzy. Now I'm not so goofy to think I just unleashed a beast, but clearly it appears to have made some improvement.

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