<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Tom, this discussion of the Gary Boone EI distributor is circa 1999 from the 311s site:<div><br></div><div>“<span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.350000381469727px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(235, 234, 221);"> The "late style" electronic distributor is one from a Datsun 210, 310 or</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.350000381469727px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.350000381469727px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(235, 234, 221);">pickup in the 1978 to 1982 range. The roadster distributor shaft will fit</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.350000381469727px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.350000381469727px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(235, 234, 221);">into these distributors and only needs a small spacer and a longer screw to</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.350000381469727px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.350000381469727px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(235, 234, 221);">make it work. These distributors are available in junkyards for very</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.350000381469727px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.350000381469727px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(235, 234, 221);">reasonable prices. Conversion is relatively simple and mechanical advance</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.350000381469727px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.350000381469727px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(235, 234, 221);">limit mechanisms can be found with advances similar to the roadster. It is</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.350000381469727px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.350000381469727px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(235, 234, 221);">probably better to use a coil from one of the vehicles that the distributor</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.350000381469727px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.350000381469727px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(235, 234, 221);">comes from. The ignition module is mounted on the side of the distributor.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.350000381469727px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.350000381469727px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(235, 234, 221);">The cap and rotor are a bit larger than the roadster one.”</span><br><br><div dir="ltr">I’ve never needed to replace my GB EI cap, but I did recall B210, which this appears to partially confirm.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">- Bob Mann, ‘68 2000 Solex<div><br></div><div> </div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 8, 2022, at 07:35, Tom Phelan via Datsun-roadsters <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<p>Need to get a new dizzy cap. Anyone remember the car model Gary used to make the roadster Nissan dizzy upgrade? Can't find it in my archives. </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Ton Phelan</p>
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