Woah man! No plastic cars to be found!

What kit do you recommend for lean burn delete on 1978 Chrysler 400 engine?

@@belloa3026 I would get a non-Lean Burn Thermoquad from an earlier 400 (or 440) and obtain a reman or good used 383/400 points distributor and add a Pertronix Ignitor conversion kit to it.

Yes sir. Love the FBO stuff. They made me a dealer.

Great to hear!

Glad it helped! Mopar to the front!

Right on! Thanks Aaron!

Diggin' that old carb.......

It’s a solid old rig

Thanks, Tim!

Thanks Mitch!

Haha! The sweet air needs a little work too.

Much appreciated!

Thanks Mr. Rick. I have to agree

Yea buddy!

Thanks, Ed!

Camera magic in the KZfaq world. Check out that plug article. It has some good nuggets

Haha! Don’t tell them to look at the shadow on the 🌙

Thanks brother

Thanks brother

Yes sir 👍🏼

Tall John is the man! I sent him a plug picture during making this video.

Thanks brother. I actually swapped 2.76’s out for 2.94’s last video. But it has 235/75’s all around.

I'm gonna go with 3.23's in my Challenger after the engine sway. @@JustMoparJoe

Thanks brother

Oh man! Check out FBO next time. I have only had great dealings with them. Check out the website or give them a call if you need one. Simple, effective, and 5 year warranty.

@@JustMoparJoe 😎

Excellent! I love the adjustability. Check your air gap on the pickup after install. I had to tighten mine a bit

@@JustMoparJoe will do, thanks!

Andy Wood swears by it

For sure! Or they burned themselves on those manifolds. I have a forearm tattoo that I didn’t sign up for!

@JustMoparJoe Lol...I have one also

Awesome! I’m not sure if summit sells these distributors, but I really believe in the customer support and they warranty their product. I was excited to try this one in the coronet. It’s like a new car again.

She’s liable to use it now! He said the gauge is a little off too. I just poured in 4 gallons

Good deal!! Was getting ready to load up in South GA. to come get you....😎

Strong 💪🏻

Check out Tall Johns Fun Shop on KZfaq. He has a 69 and is a wizard of Mopars.

That’d be a cool old truck. My grandpa was a ford man. He had a 77 wrecker and 74 tow truck. They outlasted him!

I would guess these are flowmasters. I didn’t see an emblem on them anywhere. Factory manifolds and true duals the entire way.

Thanks brother

The cap and rotor are stock options. The pickup coil in the distributor unplugs and can be changed with removing the distributor.

Thanks brother. These may be VR5’s. 10/1 I usually go with a 5 or 6. 7 for nitrous lol

Thanks Brother. I like to do it this way, because it’s the number one question that people ask me via email, text, messenger, Instagram, and TikTok 😂. I can send them the video link and say it’s shown there 👍🏼

@JustMoparJoe Yup, few things cause more confusion than getting a distributor in right.

Can you go with the lightest springs?

@@JustMoparJoe I used both fbo lightest springs been thinking of putting the stock light spring in

I’m not sure on the accuracy of the ammeter. The battery was weak from the car being cranked and cranked (rather than priming it with fuel). I charged it overnight and it looks nicer now. As for timing, I’m not certain that the balancer marks are accurate. But I can be sure that what the amount of mechanical advance is, and the amount of advance that the vacuum added. I was able to drive and adjust both by checking the plugs, running the engine at different loads, and listening for any kind of ping. I don’t think the marks are inaccurate, as one time I spun it to tdc, the mark landed almost exactly on the 0 of the pointer.

I believe summit was trying to sell you parts. It’s designed to plug into factory and has a much stronger magnetic pickup. I’m not sure which two solenoids you mean? Did your distributor have two pickups?

I haven’t seen that, but I’ve only had two so far. It is easier to pop it out and adjust out of the car. Maybe that helps relax the pieces🤷🏻‍♂️

@@JustMoparJoethanks joe, I did have it out on the bench when I adjusted it. I didn’t take it completely apart however.

Thanks brother! You may have to get creative with your coil placement. They make a post that allows the coil to pass through the firewall, but it would require a long wire. You may be able to run a flat piece of steel strap to the stock intake bolts, and then bolt your stock bracket to it. Or run the flat strap to one or two of the valley pan hold down bolts.

@@JustMoparJoe Joe,Would it make any real difference if I run a long coil plug wire say from the cap to the firewall? You know instead of the shortie normal one buy some 7 or number 8 spark plug wire and make it to run the distance. I don't think it would lose any juice right? Cause could maybe mount it to the passenger side of the firewall or mount it on the passenger wheel well which neatly to do instead of straight across from the engine like a drawbridge rier loom best neater way run the wire to the firewall then a few feet to the left then off the firewall along to the front side of the wheel well with the wire then do the coil plug wire straight across to the coil to the cap. Think the firewall would be best as could use the factory coil intake manifold bracket just bolt it to the firewall. Then just make up a long plug wire/coil wire to go from the distributor cap to the firewall-mounted coil. Joe what ya think about that lol? Think it would work out and look ok as long as the longer coil plug wire from the cap to the coil won't matter juice-wise. Electric wire not worrying about that would be fine it is the long coil wire which I personally think would be ok to do. Prob be the path of least resistance to do, Easiest way. What you say/think about doing it that way Brother.

@@CutthroatMcRage I would give it a try and see. Definitely use a high quality wire 🫡

Yes sir it’s fine. You’re close enough to be able to start it now, and immediately get your timing light ready to set to your preferred initial and total.

Here’s a cool reference video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p85yapmjy8jch3k.htmlsi=rXf3ZHeJaq3hCIdZ

I’m honestly not sure. It barks second gear on the shift. So it definitely has a kit in it.

Thanks brother

I can’t verify that. But I can confirm that a American answered the phone and owns the company. Had excellent customer support and supports the high performance hobby by giving a nice alternative to 50 year old junk distributors that are worn out.

@@JustMoparJoe no I can totally get that, do you know what pick up and reluctor they use? Is it a stock replacement?