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JM 35 Sedan · 04-14-2012, 05:04 AM

Charlie, in your opinion, would there be any performance advantages to be had, say on an early 221 ci, 21 stud, '35 engine, that would justify the work and conversion of parts necessary to convert from a front mount distributor to the top mount 8ba style, in order to use a modified sbc distributor like you mention in your post here? I do understand the advantage of having the distributor up in an area for easy access but I am wondering about all other possible advantages. Thank you.

04-14-2012, 05:04 AM	#3
JM 35 Sedan Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Near Rising Sun, Maryland Posts: 10,859	Re: In defence of the sbc dist Charlie, in your opinion, would there be any performance advantages to be had, say on an early 221 ci, 21 stud, '35 engine, that would justify the work and conversion of parts necessary to convert from a front mount distributor to the top mount 8ba style, in order to use a modified sbc distributor like you mention in your post here? I do understand the advantage of having the distributor up in an area for easy access but I am wondering about all other possible advantages. Thank you. __________________ *John* *"Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts". Albert Einstein* Last edited by JM 35 Sedan; 04-14-2012 at 07:27 PM.