Electronics module

Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:

Lynnmor wrote:

Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:

Lynnmor wrote:
My 1965 Oldsmobile 442 had points, my brothers 1967 had electronic ignition. So to answer your question, look for vehicles at least 50 years old.

Not stock he didn't! I had a 1970 and from 1962-1970 they all ran the same distributor and they all ran points and condenser not HEI or any other from of pointless distributor.
think I'm wrong? Look up a tune up kit for a 1967 Old's 442 455 V8, it uses points and condenser.

GM ran points and condenser all the way up tell 1984? They did start putting the HEI coil on top of cap sometime around 1973? That would knock you on your butt if you got hit by it lol. But that system still used points and condenser and had the little metal window to adjust the dwell angle of the points. It was 30* if I remember correctly.

Don

Yep, he bought it new just as I did. The electronic ignition was an option and it was standard with the W30 package. The factory electronic distributor cap was red in color. The 455 engine came out in 1968, but I believe that it was available with the Hurst Olds.

Anyway, you are incorrect, so please update your response.

Well this kind says I'm not, note the window for adjusting the points. Also according to Hemmings the 1967 442 came with a L78 400 CDI (yep not the 454 the only thing I was incorrect on). There is no mention of any factory electronic distributor only points. The factory ordered W-30 came with red inner fender linners.
"In 1967, the L69 was no longer available, although the W-30 package remained as a viable option, this time applied to the base L78 engine. The NHRA mandated that factory production was to be much higher, at 502 copies (129 Cutlass Supreme Sports coupes and 373 Cutlass Supreme hardtops), each with essentially the same build traits as the '66 editions; chrome rocker arm covers were a W-30 upgrade from the previous incarnation. There were two other notable differences, the first being the re-routing of the induction system--now running above and below the front parking lamps (which were now located between the headlamps) via a Y-pipe--and the first use of red inner fender liners. Again, convertibles were unavailable with the W-30 due to a lack of space for the trunk-mounted battery, though the Turbo Hydra-Matic automatic could accompany the package. The W-30 was also available as a dealer-installed upgrade referred to as the Track Pac, which didn't sport the red inner fenders; it's estimated that perhaps as many as 100 were issued. Officially, the W-30 produced 360hp and 440-lbs.ft. of torque."

Since I actually bought a 1965 442 and a 1968 442 W30 with red fender liners, and my brother bought a 1967 442, I do have an idea what they were made of. I can only report the facts and you can accept them or not.