E12-80 Dizzy Wiring

[Floydwillweather]

 

 

https://imgur.com/a/LsXwAo7

 

So I’m trying to wire up the e12-80 dizzy to 260z. Am I correct in that the pigtail needs to be spliced and wired together to B terminal and an additional new wire from the negative of coil to C terminal?

 

Pic of current setup. The negative of coil is facing engine block.

[NewZed]

Not really clear what you're suggesting.   "Pigtail" really just means "twisty wires that aren't connected to anything".  

 

The ZX distributor module has a power wire and a coil negative wire.  You can get rid of the ballast resistor.  The two wires that might need to be connected (spliced) would be the Start power and the Run power from the ballast resistor.  On the ZX module the pins are marked B and C.  B is battery power and C is coil negative.

 

So, you can connect Run and Start at the coil positive and run a jumper to B on the module, and then just connect C to coil negative.  That will supply the coil and the module with power and the ground for the coil through the C pin.

 

Make sure that the distributor body has a good connection to ground.  That is how the module gets its ground.  Through the distributor body.  Most distributors have a separate black wire that grounds the distributor body, even though the mounting bolts should be enough.

 

And, did you get the pedestal with the distributor?  If not, ignition timing will be off.  Here's a link with a lot of extra information.  It's a good reference but goes way deeper than you need to go.  Although you will want to disconnect the old module by the fuse box.  Good luck.  

 

http://www.atlanticz.ca/zclub/techtips/distributor/index.html