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Oct 26, 2003 | 12:12 PM

roaddawg

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From: Cinti OH

Car: 86 sc

Engine: 305 lg4

Transmission: 350 turbo

distributor gear

I am going to swap a old style hei in a roller block does the gear
need to be changed or can i use the gear thats on it

Oct 26, 2003 | 12:49 PM

RB83L69

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From: Loveland, OH, US

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Engine: 6

Transmission: 5

No.

Just run it. The gear does not care what the design of the lifters is; it only cares what material the cam is made out of. 99.999% of all hydraulic street rollers, including 100% of stock ones, are made out of the same cast iron as typical flat-tappet cams.

Oct 26, 2003 | 09:01 PM

cdartz

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Roller blocks need a distributor with a hardened gear. I'm running an early 80s style distributor in a 92 roller block in my LT, and I had to get a hardened gear for it.