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ONEBADPNY

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i am trying to wire up my mallory hyfire ignition box with an 85 distributor in a 66 mustang. it is carb if it matters. i don't know what to hook the three wires coming out of the distributor too. also there is one wire on the mallory box that i don't know were goes either. the wire fromthe box would go to the positve on the coil plug in on a new efi mustang. can anyone help me out?
 

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Wiring diagrams for your engine... See http://www.autozone.com/servlet/UiB..._us/0900823d/80/16/71/3c/0900823d8016713c.jsp.
 

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i mainly need to know were to hook up the wires off the distributor. i don't know where to hook them up
 

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Your instuctions for the ignition box should tell you how to hook it up man. What kind of distributor is it? Is it for the s h i t t y CFI motor, or carbed motor with Duraspark II??? All this stuff helps
 

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duraspark II carb motor. i am not sure on the instruction sheet.
 

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Dspark dist, orange and purple are the pickup wires, black is ground.

Jamie
 
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