Distributor question

jjorgensen52

NHSTE - I'm the only one!
Search turned no dice, so I'm asking here. Can I use a standard SBC distributor on our block / intake? I had this wonderful idea come to me during lunch, which I will explain later, but it depends on this. ;)
 

myclone

Donating Member
Re: Distributor question

Its not a drop in replacement type deal. There are 2 extra tabs on a V8 vs the V6. With some work you could but an external coil/small cap dist for a V6 should be ~$20 at your local wrecking yard.
 

VermontTy

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Re: Distributor question

you have way too much free time lately. I spent my free time in school drinking and chasing women....but didn't have a cool truck to work on.
 

jjorgensen52

NHSTE - I'm the only one!
Re: Distributor question

VermontTy said:
you have way too much free time lately. I spent my free time in school drinking and chasing women....but didn't have a cool truck to work on.
haha, I'm into college and I don't drink = 1.5 hours off a day with nothing to do and no homework ethic :lol: ... I do my homework usually ;)

and I go to a small prep school = very small and poor selection of women
 

#2875

built, not bought
Re: Distributor question

i am also curious as to how you plan to use a v8 distributor in a v6.
 

jjorgensen52

NHSTE - I'm the only one!
Re: Distributor question

It has little to do with the distributor itself, and more to do with the chip thats in it. I found the v6 part by the way :roll: ... anyway, accel makes a dist with both a cam sync and a crank signal... which would make adding a no - dist setup easier and cheaper (I'm seeing about $600 here, but that may not be, I'll have to keep looking). The number of plug towers doesn't matter, in fact you could take them off. I had heard this part tossed around a while back, but not seen anyone follow through on it. All the system's I've seen with the eDist use seperate crank and cam sensors...

now that I've started this thread, I have a feeling I'm going to get an "old concept, x y and z have already done that" type post :lol:
 
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