Distributor gear.... is it steel?

DRASTiK · 01-08-2002, 09:15 PM

LOWKEY

Let me start off by saying, you're right. Now let me re-explain my situation in better detail so it's not so darn confusing.

When I bought my 88GT, it had a hydraulic flat tappet cam already in it. The guy that was building the car ran out of cash after having the 306 done, so he opted for a cheaper cam setup with cheaper lifters. I was basically trying to find out if there's any way to figure out if the gear on the distributor was changed with the cam.

Since after some research I found that the cam is cast, and the gear isn't chewed up, I'm thinking it's safe to assume that my gear has been changed from the stock steel one to a cast one to work with the current cam. Now I must get a harder gear for my roller cam that will go in the motor soon. When I looked up the parts at Summit, I found that there are two different size diameter distributor shafts in the 302's. I'm pretty sure that the bigger one 0.531 is the one that I need, but I also see them available for 0.467, 0.468, and 0.469. I'm sure the last three are all one size, just different companys got slightly different measurements (human error)

I hope that makes a little more sense.

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01-08-2002, 09:15 PM	#1
DRASTiK Registered Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Yuma, AZ Posts: 536	LOWKEY Let me start off by saying, you're right. Now let me re-explain my situation in better detail so it's not so darn confusing. When I bought my 88GT, it had a hydraulic flat tappet cam already in it. The guy that was building the car ran out of cash after having the 306 done, so he opted for a cheaper cam setup with cheaper lifters. I was basically trying to find out if there's any way to figure out if the gear on the distributor was changed with the cam. Since after some research I found that the cam is cast, and the gear isn't chewed up, I'm thinking it's safe to assume that my gear has been changed from the stock steel one to a cast one to work with the current cam. Now I must get a harder gear for my roller cam that will go in the motor soon. When I looked up the parts at Summit, I found that there are two different size diameter distributor shafts in the 302's. I'm pretty sure that the bigger one 0.531 is the one that I need, but I also see them available for 0.467, 0.468, and 0.469. I'm sure the last three are all one size, just different companys got slightly different measurements (human error) I hope that makes a little more sense.