MILLERMON CONVERSION

With the cost of rotors around 200.00 and caps at 249.00 I think a system change is in order.
ANYBODY?
DJ

Has anyone just made an adapter that would fit on the stock dist. and allow you to put on another type of available cap/rotor combo. Another option is to have the dist. body remade out of alumin. designed to take all of the internal parts as is and machined to take a common 4cyl. dist. cap.

IMO the problem with these modifications is that they invariably exceed the cost of buying stock parts, don't look very good in many cases and don't provide any short term gains in power or savings.

Yes Ferrari caps are expensive on the front end, but since they seem to last 50K miles or more, whick works out to 15-20 years, the cost then becomes very reasonable. Until the day comes when there simply are no more caps and every car is forced to undergo a Mod to be driven it's just not economically feasible for a Co. to manufacture a nice looking, quality replacement and have a large enough market to make it worthwhile..

But who knows maybe I'm wrong.

I agree with JRV,

What happens down the road a few years when the modded part fails or has a problem? Chances are the guy or company will be nowhere to be found, then what?

PLus I agree they look out of place and devalue the car.

We would be no worse off than we are now at the mercy of Marelli. Maybe then we could look for something else, or maybe it will not be $1000 for caps and rotors or maybe I will be driving a 328 with $10 rotors instead or maybe I will hit lotto and will love to pay Marelli for robbery. The point here is upgrades like Ben's offer a less expensive solution that is a better product because it is adjustable and uses common and inexpensive replacement parts. You could buy an extra couple of spare parts now if you were worried.

Steve,

The QV mod/upgrade requires cam removal.

Remember everyone, only those with 80-82 injected 308's are being singled out here. It's discrimination against us low HP Ferrari owners - LOL.

I went with a Millermon distributor on my 3.2 for parts availability, ease of maintenance and the fact I have gone single bank coil pack failure three damn times in my daily driver Mondial 3.2.

Ben's simple conversion uses a commonly available, reliable, standard Mallory optical trigger. The shaft/counterweights are standard Chrysler, as are the cap ($8) and rotor($4). These parts are readily available everywhere, and will be forever, probably at these same prices. It is extremely simple to install and maintain.

The part that Ben makes is just the body, and quite robust machined aluminum that looks terrific. The picture below shows the body for size fitting - the final is shorter. The whole conversion is costing me less than what I paid for one of the coil pack failures.

He has mostly done 2v cars - mine is the first 3.2, and he has been great to work with. You can follow the conversion over at FChat.

Yes, I know it is not original, but neither is my tubi exhaust - and I think both add a lot to the enjoyment and peace of mind to owning a terrific car. Just my experience and opinion.

best to all, and good luck jrv on your tech board!

rt

Does anyone have pics of the complete instalation and pics of all the parts & pieces that make up this conversion?

Best, JRV

JRV
Will post some documentation & pictures next week from soup to nuts of the dist. and installation.
best
rt

Here are some pictures of the test fit piece. The final distributor will be shorter than shown, and will mount on front bank instead of rear as pictured.
Also attatched is wiring diagram. MSD optional.

More next week - advice welcome.
best
rt