Did you Know it takes less than 2 hrs to convert to electronic ignition?

[Moparal]

Actually less than an hour.   It was so simple.  Only 2 wires on a harness. Change a resistor, change distributor, and time it. Even having to undo the six pack top fuel line to get the vaccum advance away from it. The engine runs crisper now. All this was under 100 bucks including tax.  It was even 24 bucks cheaper than that for me since wade gave me a new harness.   Thanks Wade  

I was happier doing this task more than installing my dana. The ignition was needed the dana wasnt

[LAA66]

 I couldn't figure it out way back when but a friend spent the time for me.  I still have most of that set up on my car after 20 some-odd years. All I remember was it sure was nice to not adjust points anymore. (both of them).

[Bullitt-]

Glad it worked out for you Alan...... Did you get your rear sway bar figured out?

Wade

[Chryco Psycho]

I did it in 6 mins on a bet once

[sadil340]

I used the YearOne conversion engine harness for 1970 - does anyone happen to know if my factory tach will work? I know AutoInstruments will convert the tach for $85 but I wonder if YearOne made accommodations for the analog tach...

[Moparal]

Well mine is a 70 point system, I converted over to electronic. My tach acts normal or maybe even a tad more responsive. Factory gauges

[sadil340]

Well mine is a 70 point system, I converted over to electronic. My tach acts normal or maybe even a tad more responsive. Factory gauges

Same here; that's encouraging, thanks Al!

[duodec]

Switching from the factory points setup to the DC electronic was almost the first thing I did to my '71.  It made a noticeable difference, but partly because the original distributor was pretty worn.

[71chally416]

Congrats on stepping up to 1972 technology.  I'd go with one of the modern units that has a built in rev limiter and a much better spark before using the old factory stuff. It's probably even easier to hook up. You can have too much cam and too much compression and even too much carb, but you can never have too much spark.  I had a dead wire one time with one of my cars that had the chrome box and watched my 70 YO father in law (RIP..) pull each wire and hold it. Some of those old timers were really tough. I can safely say he wouldn't dare try that with the ignition I have now.  

[LAA66]

 I'm running the FBO setup with the same distributor (re-curved though) which made a very noticeable improvement over the old electronic ignition with the orange box. It did cause distortion in the readings from my rebuilt factory tach though at lower RPMs.