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| | | Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 34 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 34 | got a 350 engine and i need a distributer and i got a good used 283 distributer hanging on my wall out of a mid to late 60s 283 can i sue that and it be the same as to me going and finding a distributer for the 350 just asking if it would work and be the same | | | | | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,082 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,082 | i believe they are the same.
you can even use a big block distributor in a smal block, and vice versa.
leonard | | | | | Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 34 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 34 | ok thank you i always heard that everything was pretyy much the same with the 283 s 305 307 327 and the 350s like intakes distributers and valve cover , manifolds and all was really sure thow. | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | Yes, it will work. Pretty much all Chevy 90 degree V engine dizzys are the same, with the tall decks being 1 exeption. I beleive you could even use a V6 dizzy with minor alterations.
Bill Burmeister
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | That's interesting Bill. How would you alter a V6 distributor to work on a V8?
Confused...
~Jim
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 5,152 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 5,152 | The story is a little more complicated than just swapping any small block distributor into any of others. But you should be able to use any points type in any motor that does not connect the distributor to a computer.
Once you get into the later HEI stuff, and the more recent stuff interfaced with the computer, they may still physically swap, but making them work could be complicated.
So Bill, I have a bunch of V-8 HEI distributors I'd like to convert for use in some of my old trucks. Do you know what I need to alter to do that? I was figuring pull out the six and drop in a V-8...
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It's true. I really don't do anything but browse the Internet looking for trouble... | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,771 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,771 | About the only part of a V-8 HEI you can use in a V-6 will be the basic housing casting, the module, and maybe the vacuum advance. You'll need to alter the length of the shaft and/or the position of the drive gear, fit a 6-lobe reluctor and pickup coil, and probably do some alteration to the centrifugal advance curve. The distributor cap and rotor are different, too. If you're using the coil-in-cap dizzy, the coil should interchange from 6 to 8 cylinder engines. I do that alteration occasionally, but I've got a machine shop and a distributor tester handy, plus 35 years' experience with the HEI systems under my belt.
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