[Ram Air IV Jack]

Originally Posted by unruhjonny

I was going to respond to smass64, but upon re-reading his post, I am guessing I am missing something... so I won't touch it - but I will post the rest of what I intended;

This jogged my memory, and lead me back to a thread that I had a small part in from last year;
This all started because I decided to once again peruse ePay for what Delco points sets were going for - then I noticed the D106P vs D106PS, and then there were other similar numbered points (D108 iirc) that looked the same...

About that other thread - I'll quote my post:



With that as the context, I am curious why the general consensus seems to be looking for a replacement for a D106P (unvented with clip connector) vs the slightly better D106PS (vented with screw connector) Delco points.
Or
The (even) better D112P which appears to be best substituted with either a NAPA CS89 or CS7860 points set.
(The Corvette article link from my old post was removed from this quote)

My 1971 Pontiac parts book calls for the 1966294 (DP112) points set for the 1969 HO and RA motors. I so don't buy that these motors never came with the DP112 points set from the factory. Years ago we used Sorenson "cross cut" points and they worked well.

[Sun Tuned]

Not sure why I said RPO earlier, gettin old and in a hurry I guess. what I meant to say was regular production standard stuff(Catalina's, bonnevilles, Grand Prix etc.)

Haven't looked at my parts manual in years. But I believe the Ram Air 4 stuff in fact used the 112's for sure. But it wasn't too many cars that used em in the Pontiac line.

Most everyone likely was trying to run Mallory 102X, anyways.

And hell they even used to put em in the box the same direction as the picture on the outside of the box to boot.

Can't find good help these days....

[dmac]

I went ahead and ordered a couple sets of D106PS for $8 apiece including shipping.

A couple posts I read said the condensers can go bad from age. So I assume that buying almost 50 year old NOS might not be a good idea. Any suggestions on quality condenser. I want durability and don't need anything for high rpm performance unless they would be more durable. I guess at this point, the same thing goes for distributor cap, and coil in a new thread.