Basics And Differences Between Aftermarket Distributors

Sometimes we take them for granted but they do a lot of work under the hood: distributors. At some point, you'll probably purchase an aftermarket distributor. So which one do you go with?
Aftermarket companies have made lots of advances with their distributors but the basics are still the same; they still provide sparks to the cylinders and drive your oil pump. With some, you may need an ignition box. An easy way to tell is by looking at the wiring.
Distributors that have a two-wire hookup (or pigtail) need an ignition box or module to send the spark to a remote coil that's mounted somewhere on your rig. The two wires send the signal from your magnetic pickup to your box and the box then tells the coil to fire.
There are also "ready to run" style distributors that have the ignition modules built in. The hookups on these have a few more wires. There's a ground, a tach lead, and the wires that go to the coil. And while the two distributors may look the same but the difference comes down to 2 or 3-wire hookups.
Then there are distributors that have the ignition module and the coil hooked up directly to them. An HEI-style distributor has the coil mounted directly on top and the hookup is pretty simple. All you have to do is supply power and hookup your tach.
Each distributor works great, depending on the application you want to put it in. Some things to consider when upgrading your ignition system are room, which type you want to run, and the application.
You want to keep in mind how much room you have under the hood and between your firewall. You don't want to make it hard to access your distributor. And if you plan on running an ignition box, you need space to mount it as well.
There are a lot of different aftermarket companies out there making distributors so make sure to research which works best for your platform.
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[@youdontknowme9118]

I know about distributors I'm more looking for different types of hei. I don't know if I got a msd or a Accel. sticker can come off. The control module takes bigger screws than stock. I'm burning up CM, and I think it's due to the pickup. Just trying to get the right name brand part. The black one is msd but that won't stop a knock of china company making the same color.

[@jetheridge3798]

Why can’t they make a little ignition box . The other day I poped a ignition mod i got lucky I wasn’t in traffic 45 minutes later after waiting for the engine to cool climb in the hood blah blah blah so lame

[@hydraulics]

0:31 pun alert

[@circleh5173]

Didn’t help me

[@TheBlkac1]

I know didn't help me much either.😟
I'd like to know what will work best for my stock Chevy G20 van with a 5.7 350

[@sandyshoremann7524]

@@TheBlkac1 Easy. Factory HEI. Hard to beat on a mostly stock engine spinning under 5000 rpm. If you get light throttle ping you may want to get an aftermarket adjustable vacuum advance can for the factory distributor and dial back the light throttle cruise advance a couple degrees; OTW you are good to go! Now on that 383 stroker Nova in your garage, you may want a MSD with 6AL box and associated low resistance primary coil. Don't for get to bypass the resistance "RUN" wire in the tired old rig. Happy Trails! - Sandy

[@kevincraig5311]

😂

[@hotrodray6802]

GM made 13 different advance cans.
1) Total advance
2) Rate of advance
3) Amount of vacuum to initiate advance
4) Amount of vacuum for full advance.
Put a hot cam with a stock HEI can and you get shiit.

[@hmayerv8]

yeah, didn't help me either. I've always bought ready to run MSD dist for Chevy 283-400 and worked brilliantly for a daily driver. However, there are also cheaper options out there under Jegs brand or something which i believe are Chinese crap. Jegs doesn't want to tell me it's Chinese

[@hotrodray6802]

Mr. Willys pronouced his name Willis.
Thank you.

[@stevenmiller1995]

You better get rid of that eldebrock lmao 900 hp

[@hotrodray6802]

Learn to tune.

[@Dave-ip2kb]

This video was a joke