new recurved duraspark or Mallory unilite

[Qikbbstang]

What's going on here, by the looks of the motor it has a common distributor and steel tubing reinforcing the front end like a race vehicle. If it's a driver, running a purely mechanical dist is like stone-age.  I'd put a lot of value in a vacuum advance over a purely mechanical if it's going to be street driven. Full race the mechanical is fine

[ScotiaFE]

What's going on here, by the looks of the motor it has a common distributor and steel tubing reinforcing the front end like a race vehicle. If it's a driver, running a purely mechanical dist is like stone-age.  I'd put a lot of value in a vacuum advance over a purely mechanical if it's going to be street driven. Full race the mechanical is fine

If your going for mileage maker type cams sure, use the vac advance, but you really don't
see any real advantage with big cams and large carbs and heavy foot.

Rick's Hot Rod is a pretty kool build that he has done on a budget and looks even better
in real time. I've had the pleasure of checking it out.

[newfalconowner]

my hotrod

[newfalconowner]

the Mallory is in, seems like I need to recurve it so will do that sometime soon. This distributor looks a lot better then the duraspark.



and Im not concerned about fuel economy

[FERoadster]

The later Mallory's were known to shear the pin on the cam gear. A larger roll pin or double pins will alleviate that issue.
I like them and have a bunch. Mostly for the look of the early 60's

Richard