What's the recommended electronic distributor to by online that will fit right in to my 1971 GS 350 4bbl Open to any advice, thanks guys
I highly recommend the Lectric Limited conversion sold on this forum by ToddsGS. Click on the thread below for more info. http://www.v8buick.com/index.php?th...electronic-ignition-kits.330216/#post-2771898
No reason to change the whole distributor. An electronic ignition conversion kit like Brian mentions is all you need. That way you retain the factory distributor. The only real advantage to getting rid f the points is ease of maintenance.
Honestly. If your points dist is not worn out ( excessive play) there is no real reason to change. OLD school will always get you home.
I expect Buick had an HEI you could drop in. Cheap and easy to get parts for, update the advance curve if needed. That big cap plus wires will deliver more energy under worse (wet) conditions than any conversion. I had at least as much problem with points systems back then, as with HEI. Bruce Roe
If I wanted to change the whole distributor and drop in an electronic one what would be the best way to go . Appreciate the help guys !!
https://www.holley.com/products/ignition/distributors/buick/parts/8552 http://www.taperformance.com/proddetail.asp?prod=TA_691B/C/R
Thanks Bruce, well my new HEI turned up today, had a quick look at the instructions not the best explanation but should be able to work it out . Are there any tips you could give me & do you think I need to change the spark plug gap ? Appreciate your time & happy for anybody's comments.
I found that using a stock Buick HEI distributor on a stock Buick 350 manifold had a minor conflict/ interference at the corner of the manifold and the HEI base. A minor cleanup with a rotary burr took care of that offending corner on the manifold. This was on a 1971 Buick Skylark as well...
I was thinking of doing that but didn't have the confidence to grind the manifold but looking at now there's plenty of meat on the factory cast manifold I think! anyway I just keep changing my number 1 layout & repositioning the distributor at TDC until I got it right , the distributor sits in between the cap screws before it hits the manifold but I have plenty of adjustable area for timing etc.
If you do the HEI conversion, that includes the fat wires to contain the higher energy, and a larger spark gap to make use of it. Any ballast resistor must be shorted out. Bruce Roe