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| | | | Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 192 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 192 | I have searched and can't manage to find the info I want about my distributor. It is a delco remy model# 1112363, serial #1B21. I'd like to know what this came from, year, make, model(s). And is it a 6v or 12v. Thanks for any help:) | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,760 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,760 | I have a Motor repair manual that lists that distributor number for a 1952 passenger car with a Powerglide transmission. That would make it a 235 with 6.7:1 compression and 105 HP, per the same manual. The car would have had a 6V ignition system, but the distributor doesn't care- - - -with the proper coil it will work on either voltage.
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 192 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 192 | Ok. Thanks guys. I heard that if you put 12v to a 6v dist, that the points will arc more and result in a shorter life expectancy. Is this true? The '53 half ton that this distributor is going in will be 12v. I think I am going to use an internal resistor coil to knock the voltage down from 12 to 6v, rather than the firewall mounted resistor. Any opinions/input about this would be appreciated. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 |
The distributor does not care if you use 6v or 12v. The points care. Your internal resistor coil will take care of the points.
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,760 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,760 | The internal/external resistor debate has been beaten like a dead horse. General Motors chose a non-resistor coil and a ballast resistor as original equipment for millions of vehicles for a couple of decades. The self-appointed experts on the Stovebolt site are smarter than all the engineers who designed those systems, I guess!
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,272 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,272 | Are the mechanical advance springs and weights the same for the automatic transmission and the manual transmission distributors?
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,760 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,760 | My manual lists a slightly different advance curve, and a different distributor part number for standard/automatic applications. They are very close on the numbers, so I doubt the horsepower or torque differences could be noticed without a dyno run. Carburetor calibration would probably make a lot more difference than advance curve, IMHO.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
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