Distributor swap
05-13-2020, 06:12 AM
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Car: 86 z28
Engine: 1970 Chevy 355
Transmission: 700r4 stock
Axle/Gears: 2.73
Distributor swap
Swapping distributor and carb on our 355 we swapped out late last year. So marked out old distributor where rotor pointed both front and back. Pulled it and dropped in MSD street fire. When I get it dropped in the rotor doesn’t line up exactly with the marks I made. It ends up being just off to the side of the marks. I’m talking 1/8”. Could the gears on distributor be slightly different from the OEM? Are gears sometimes slightly off? I played with it for over an hour and what feels like 1 tooth puts it way off. So this to me is correct but I’m always second guessing. I’ve never changed a distributor that’s why I’m asking.
05-13-2020, 06:48 AM
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Car: 1989-92 FORMULA350 305 92 Hawkclone
Engine: 4++,350 & 305 CIs
Transmission: 700R4 4800 vig 18th700R4 t56 ZF6 T5
Axle/Gears: 3.70 9"ford alum chunk,dana44,9bolt
Re: Distributor swap
You're fine, will need to set timing anyway but you are close enough.
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