[C3] Lookinh for a good C3 BB distributer

[navy2kcoupe]

That's what I thought you were talking about, THANKS FOR THE PIX! I like the billet units, but cutting the grooves in a stock distributor sounds like a very good idea to me. You can't see the mod, but it's one that helps the motor last a bit longer, and that CAN'T be bad. I don't think that any judges pull parts off of the cars when they are judged, so it probably wouldn't matter anyway. Hey Ken.........I can hear Goldie all the way up here saying "WOW I really like the looks of that billet unit! I sure would like to snuggle up to one of those!" GO-4-IT!
Andy
Easy for me to say...........I ain't footin the bill for it!

[Kap142]

Hey Tracy,

You may still have my original distributor laying around the shop some place (oh durn that's right you guys moved) When you worked on Goldie back when you swapped out mine for one you had on the shelf from another project. my tach drive was shot and time was limited, if not no biggie. I can pull it and ship it to you without problem. I pulled it a few weeks ago to put a pertronix unit in and just didn't like the condition of the machined area you show in the photos for Andy. I like the idea of the machining and groves.

Let me know what will work for you and I'll get it to you.

Thanks Tracy

Originally Posted by RevXtreme 1

This shows a stock unit and a Mallory billet unit. The dist is driven by a gear on the cam, and the bore that the dist sits in passes through the oil galley for the cam/lifters/rockers. A stock unit just fits (see the lower journals) snug but still allows oil & pressure to bleed off. The aftermarket units have groves machined in that allow O-rings to seal so NO oil pres.flow bleeds off and all goes to the cam/lifters/rockers.

Kap, send me your dist & I'll turn it around quickley for you.