Re: [Amc-list] Gen3 V8 distributors

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Easiest electronic upgrade is the AMC/Motorcraft distributor from a 78 and newer
AMV V8. That way you know it fits and no messing about and it'll look more like
factory.

Ken 


Quoting Steve Cornelius <steve.c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> 
> 
> The 304 in my Jav came to me with a Mallory Dual Point unit (#2560001).
> The engine was rebuilt in the 80s, and was refitted with a midrange
> cam, Torker, and 625CFM Carter AFB. It's got minor issues, but it runs
> well enough to drive while I build up something with more (ahem)
> attitude.
> 
> I really have no wish to mess with a Dual Point. It works OK,
> but doesn't have a vacuum advance, which (I think) is a problem
> for a street car. I can apparently retrofit it with electronic
> guts, but I can't add the vacuum advance. So, best thing may be
> just to replace it with something else.
> 
> HEI seems like the simplest way to go, but I don't trust the
> quality of some of the stuff in the aftermarket. Just getting
> a rebuilt for some GM application seems easy enough to do, but
> I don't know what I don't know to make it fit.
> 
> So, starting questions:
> 
> * Any difference between 71 and 74? I see some AMC-specific parts
>   that say 72-up. What could be the difference? I can't imagine
>   why there'd be any mechanically. (Reason I ask is that the
>   existing engine is a 71, but there's a 74 360 I'm working on
>   to eventually take it's place).
> 
> * Are there suggested GM target donors I should look at for
>   compatible oil pump drive, rotation, length, etc?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> - steve c.
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