Wanting to switch my 1967 L71 to manifold vacuum

[Duke W.]

Re: Wanting to switch my 1967 L71 to manifold vacuum

Got bad new from Dave Fiedler today. The distributor out of my 435 that I sent him is a 1971 small block TI distributor, not good! He states that I need to have a 1967 big block distributor because the housing is specific to 1967 and earlier big blocks? Something to do with oiling passages. I do want the car to operate correctly, however purchasing a 1967 435 distributor is sounding painful!!! Is it true that I should not run a small block distributor in a 1967 big block? Or can the small block distributor be set to 30 degrees centrifugal and work just as well? Just wanting to do the right thing without breaking the bank!

Thanks Chris

What Donald said... also since this distributor has been on the engine for some time (I assume) with no ill-effect, there should be no problem continuing to use it. So all that needs to be done is grinding out the slot on the cam assembly to get 30 degrees cranshaft total centrifugal plus the other checks and procedures such as checking that the bushings are tight and shimming up end play to 2 to 7 thou.

Plus, you can get a repro part number band, so the fact that the guts are different than OE will not be detectable in flight judging.

Duke

[Kenneth B.]

Re: Wanting to switch my 1967 L71 to manifold vacuum

Thanks everyone as I am in the process of having my 435 changed to manifold vacuum