[JM 35 Sedan]

Originally Posted by Charlie ny

JM,
I'd stay with the front mounted dist and change the internals to the 11A,
very easily done. Without a timing mark on the motor I usually move the initial timing
setting up one additional graduation from where my KRW machine says it's in spec.
I set the vac brake to almost eliminate detonation.
An additional concern with the dist on the right front corner is interference
with the RH water pump.
Charlie ny

Charlie, I've heard and read about changing the internals in a stock '35 distributor to the 11A and apparently that is a good thing for those early distriibutors on a 21 stud engines. What I have been planning to run on my Avatar 5w coupe is either a H&C dual point, dual coil distributor or a stock crab distributor. I was wondering if a modified sbc top mount distributor might have any performance improving potential over the H&C or crab? Just wondering since I probably prefer the looks of any front mount over a top mount anyway unless there are some real gains to be made by going sbc top mount, Thanks for your advice.