WTB: Blue / Black motor V8 electronic dizzy

[JDT]

Chasing an original electronic dizzy for blue or black V8. Not a cheap Chinese replacement.

[Vombil]

i used a cheap chinaman replacement. so far so good. you can hardly see it behind the air cleaner

[Innuendo]

What is it you feel is a cheap Chinese replacement?

[Taily]

The ebay market is flooded with them. Their modules, bearings and finish are at best, OK for some.

Thought I'd try one a couple of years ago from an ebay seller based in Smithfield (Sydney). I bought that item, a coil, a thermofan, its control unit and a couple of other bits and pieces. I took one look at them and quietly slipped them back onto ebay. The casting of the dizzy was best described as rough, the cap was not a great fit (the whole dizzy comes as a complete bolt in unit supposedly ready to go) and the top bearing had play in it from new. The thermofan felt rather too flimsy to me.

They are probably OK for people on a seriously tight budget but wouldn't expect the parts would last like OEM and decent aftermarket stuff does.

A bit like the cheap "unbalanceable" 308 stroker kits on ebay at the moment. After going through the motions of pricing all of my stroker/alloy heads/twin TB induction package from COME racing (and the associated coronary my wallet had at the same time) I can understand people jumping at the cheap kits though...

[Innuendo]

Brand name?

If it's what I think it is it has nothing to do with China (although some components might be).

[Taily]

Chasing an original electronic dizzy for blue or black V8. Not a cheap Chinese replacement.

I've got a few days off, will have a look in the shed if I have something that might be OK to send to a dizzy guy to check over.

[chrisp]

I'd love an electronic conversion also.
Unfortunately all I've been able to find is ICE units for $1000 or the very cheap stuff.
I dont want the bells and whistles (and cost) that the ICE unit gives, and I dont trust the chinese stuff.
The factory electronic looks the goods, but if its not on a running motor, you dont know if it works.

[adam perth]

I use Mallory or MSD. probably made in china now but gotta be better than a procomp. last MSD one I got was $330 with adjustable vaccume advance curve with allen key..

the problem with the Blue / black holden HEI is that they are all a bit long in the tooth now and the shafts are slogged out in most of them

[HK1837]

Just rebuild them.

[JDT]

I wonder if the VN EFI distributor shaft and housing are interchangeable with the blue / black ones?