TPI to Carb, What Distributor
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TPI to Carb, What Distributor
I am pulling the motor out of my 90 Camaro Iroc, 350 TPI, and putting it into my 79 El Camino. I am going to remove the TPI system and put on a 2104 Edelbrock Intake and 1406 Edelbrock Carburetor. Leaving the rest of the motor alone.
My question is what distributor do i need to use?
My question is what distributor do i need to use?
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Car: 82 Berlinetta/57 Bel Air
Engine: LS1/LQ4
Transmission: 4L60E/4L80E
Axle/Gears: 12B-3.73/9"-3.89
Do you have the '79 distributor? If so, it will be fine. If not, something like it.
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Re: TPI to Carb, What Distributor
according to Sallee-Chevrolet:
"2) All Roller camshafts are either Hardened Iron core or Steel camshafts which require a hardened distributor gear."
Wouldn't that include the cam from a stock 1990 l98?
"2) All Roller camshafts are either Hardened Iron core or Steel camshafts which require a hardened distributor gear."
Wouldn't that include the cam from a stock 1990 l98?
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Car: 82 Berlinetta/57 Bel Air
Engine: LS1/LQ4
Transmission: 4L60E/4L80E
Axle/Gears: 12B-3.73/9"-3.89
Not bronze. Melonized.
I don't recall if the small-cap distributors used the same shaft size, but if they did, the gear off of the later distributor would be fine on an earlier large-cap. Or, you can get the melonized gear from GM.
I don't recall if the small-cap distributors used the same shaft size, but if they did, the gear off of the later distributor would be fine on an earlier large-cap. Or, you can get the melonized gear from GM.
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Re: TPI to Carb, What Distributor
Would it be easier instead of trying to buy a new gear, just taking the stock distributor out and taking the gear off of it, then buying an Accel 59107 GM Hei Distributor and putting the stock gear onto that?
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Car: 82 Berlinetta/57 Bel Air
Engine: LS1/LQ4
Transmission: 4L60E/4L80E
Axle/Gears: 12B-3.73/9"-3.89
If the shafts are the same diameter, you can do that. But, I don't know whether or not they are.
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