Change'n distributor gears

[pontiacgp]

I had a proform distributor and I wouldn't suggest anyone to make the same mistake...

 

[St.Pete_MC]

Im pretty happy with the MSD lol

 

[custom442]

I had a proform distributor and I wouldn't suggest anyone to make the same mistake...

Lol, that's what I figured. At 65$ there has to be some weak link, it's just temporary until I can buy a nice mallory or MSD.

 

[custom442]

Yeah when I bought it, the guy threw in the orginal gear that was on the dist. to begin with.

So why not go back to him? He owes you a gear right?

 

[Phoenyx]

What cam are you gonna use. Because the material the cam is made out of determines what gear you need. I had a buddy smooth out a distributer gear because of this. To bad too, it was a fresh 383 sbc. He just changed the gear and did an oil change. But I think the damage was done. He only got one season (Canada) and the motor was done. So you should make sure on what gear you need.

 

[custom442]

I had a proform distributor and I wouldn't suggest anyone to make the same mistake...

I took apart the coil and there's a ground hangin out inside the coil box. This might have been the problem with the proform distributor. I'll fix the ground and see how it does.

 

[St.Pete_MC]

What cam are you gonna use. Because the material the cam is made out of determines what gear you need. I had a buddy smooth out a distributer gear because of this. To bad too, it was a fresh 383 sbc. He just changed the gear and did an oil change. But I think the damage was done. He only got one season (Canada) and the motor was done. So you should make sure on what gear you need.

Im running the comp cams extreme energy hydro flat tappet

 

[pontiacgp]

I had a proform distributor and I wouldn't suggest anyone to make the same mistake...

I took apart the coil and there's a ground hangin out inside the coil box. This might have been the problem with the proform distributor. I'll fix the ground and see how it does.

The problem I had was that the timing seemed to change on a daily basis and I could never figure out what the problem was til our race car blew up its distributor during the warm up so I grabbed the proform out of my car since it was supposed to good up over 7000 revs and our race car never ran over 6500. We were losing over a second a lap with the proform distributor so we yanked out the distributor and the metal actuator for the pickup was spinning on the knurled part of the distributor shaft. I have never seen that problem on any other distributor. I tried to get a refund as the distributor was less than a year old but the retail store that sold it don't back up the products they sell and Proform wouldn't answer any emails.....

 

[ryanelco]

aslong as your no running a full roller cam you should be fine. those cams walk a lot and punish the gear. msd makes a composite gear that can withstand the beating. steel should be fine for your cam, but the composite one wont hurt.