Hello,
I'm a newbie to the forum and electronic circuits but I'm trying and willing to learn. I have a 1931 Model A Ford coupe that I'm trying to figure out how I can convert its distributor over to electronic to make the car more road worthy and have parts available at most autopart stores in the event of being broke down on the side of the road. The distributor is a rather rare Mallory dual point distributor and finding points for it is near impossible.
From my searches on Google I've come across some info on using a Chrysler pickup coil and reluctor inside the distributor and using a GM HEI module to trigger it. All of this sounds good but it requires a negative ground system, where I have a positive ground system.
I have talked to some people and found out that the HEI module will work on a 6 volt system, but not a positive ground system. I'm told inside the HEI module there is a signal converter and that it is polarity sensitive. I'm attaching a picture of the HEI module and I would like to know how I could go about changing this design or building my own module to allow it to work with a postive ground system.
Any help or info would be appreciated. Thanks.
I'm a newbie to the forum and electronic circuits but I'm trying and willing to learn. I have a 1931 Model A Ford coupe that I'm trying to figure out how I can convert its distributor over to electronic to make the car more road worthy and have parts available at most autopart stores in the event of being broke down on the side of the road. The distributor is a rather rare Mallory dual point distributor and finding points for it is near impossible.
From my searches on Google I've come across some info on using a Chrysler pickup coil and reluctor inside the distributor and using a GM HEI module to trigger it. All of this sounds good but it requires a negative ground system, where I have a positive ground system.
I have talked to some people and found out that the HEI module will work on a 6 volt system, but not a positive ground system. I'm told inside the HEI module there is a signal converter and that it is polarity sensitive. I'm attaching a picture of the HEI module and I would like to know how I could go about changing this design or building my own module to allow it to work with a postive ground system.
Any help or info would be appreciated. Thanks.