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RE: Mallory dual point dizzy [was Non VTR help needed

To: "'SHANE Ingate '" <hottr6@hotmail.com>,
Subject: RE: Mallory dual point dizzy [was Non VTR help needed
From: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 08:50:57 -0700
 My God, you sounded completely rational until you said the L word. I have a
small catapult I built expressly for throwing lucas distributors. I haven't
tried it yet, but I've got the ammunition all set aside. 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-fot@autox.team.net
To: jaboruch@netzero.net
Cc: fot@autox.team.net
Sent: 6/1/2005 9:24 AM
Subject: Mallory dual point dizzy [was Non VTR help needed (distributor)]

Joe Boruch wrote:
>I have not found anything more reliable than the Mallory Dual Point.

I've been running a Mallory DP on my TR6 for a great many years, and
it has been great.  Marty Sukey indicated that he received a new unit
for his TR6 - I thought they were NLA.

I run the Mallory DP because of the Webers (no vacume).  However, it
would not be my first choice.  I ran a DP on my Pantera for a number of
years and was always plagued by very ocassional random rough running
which I incorrectly diagnosed as a clogged Holley jets.  I don't know
how
mant times I stripped the carb.

One of the joys of a Pantera is to pull out the firewall, hook up any 
diagnostic
equipment to the motor and plonk it in the passenger seat.  One day I
was 
setting
timing and the noticed the timing light jumping all over the place!  So
my 
problem
was the DP.  I ripped the sucker out, popped in a billet MSD, and picked
up 
another
10 HP on the dyno.

It was with considerable glee that I tossed that DP into the path of a
large
earthmover.

Today, my choice for the TR6 would be to run a recurved full centrifugal

advance Lucas.

Shane Ingate in Maryland

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