Offenhauser 4bbl Manifold

[1978CobraII]

What distributor is best to run with the offenhauser 4bbl manifold running a 300cfm carb?

Also there is a NOS one for sale on eBay right now.

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[alwaysFlOoReD]

Buy it now of $800. Mighty proud of that....

 

[1978CobraII]

I paid $750 for one a couple months ago on EBay…the last few I saw that were in stock at Summit went for 1350.00….these 2.8 parts are getting hard to come by….I just don’t want to do the typical motor swap

 

[fastpakr]

So we're clear, are you saying this is not your manifold for sale despite you and it both being in San Antonio?

 

[1978CobraII]

So we're clear, are you saying this is not your manifold for sale despite you and it both being in San Antonio?

Yeah not mine, I bought mine a few months ago and it was a newer production but I could see how that may be suspicious. I was just hoping to see what distributors you all were running with these. I’m hunting for a Mallory but they also are no longer produced for the 2.8.

 

[JoshT]

My 84 was converted to Offy, Holley 390 double pumper, and Duraspark II back in the 80s. It ran a "factory" duraspark distributor (probably reman unit) until I totaled the truck in 2009.

IIRC the ignition components dad used were from a 76 or 79 Pinto with the 2.8L V6.

If I were to find a new home for the engine I'd use the same distributor, but probably update the ignition system. Duraspark was a lot better than the factory system, but they were always prone to heat issues when they got a little age, and the new production units aren't as good as those were. The Durasparkdistributor can be wired to work with HEI, MSD and other ignitions.