If there's already a distributor in the engine, the first step is to mark the position of the rotor so you can make sure to insert the new distributor in the same position. We like to turn the ...

It's been over three decades since a Ford vehicle rolled out of an assembly plant with a mechanical points ignition system and at least a decade since Ford last stuck a distributor in anything at all.

Last year, we picked apart Dale Snoke's altered-wheelbase 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente, a street-driven B/FX to install Holley's latest Terminator Stealth EFI. With its gold Moroso valve covers and ...