8Stack efi & manifold vacuum pressures

[bobcowan]

Originally Posted by Dwight

Bob
I was doing some research on a distributorless ignition system for my 302. Can you buy a replacement for the distributor to drive the oil pump? What available?

Coach has a 408 that may needs a distributorless system. He has a Comp cam but Comp made a few of their cams out of very hard blanks. Thus any distributor gear he uses is eat up by the cam gear. Any suggestions?

Dimis, sorry for the side track of your thread.


Dwight

I don't remember the year that Ford went to a distributorless ignition system in the 5.0W. In any case, they used a cam position sensor in place of the distributor. You could use one of those, either new or from the bone yard. I simply cut down an old distributor.

Comp Cams supposedly has a composite gear that should work. If it eats that one too, you can either replace the cam shaft or use an external belt driven oil pump.