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Originally Posted by Hozer 88GTConv

Just an opinion about Mallory, I bought the TFI distributor for $225 two years ago and it was a total piece of junk. The hall sensor went bad and so did the TFI module. After loads of troubleshooting, I ended up putting the OEM Duraspark (14yrs old then) back into the car and it ran better than it ever did with the Mallory. I now have a MSD.
Maybe their coils are better, but I'm never buying Mallory again.

Same experience for me with Mallory products. I do use a Unilite distributor, but have to replace the module every 20-30 thousand miles at $85 a pop. The coil is the only thing I haven't had trouble with. I ran a Hi-Fire 6-AL capacitive discharge ingnition box for a while. It left me sitting on the side of the road twice in 2 years that I used it. Mallory repaired it under warranty the first time. After the second failure, I just replaced it with a MSD 6-AL and have never had another problem. I didn't even have the desire to repair the Mallory Hi-Fire 6AL and try to sell it to anyone. When the Unilite module goes out in the distributor next time, I will replace it with an MSD of some kind, probably magnetic pick up type.

In fairness, I must say that the coil and the tach (both Mallory) have never caused a problem. If I was starting over however, I would never buy another Mallory product again.

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