Pissed off with motor, want to change

jimmyray, I got out of this because you and I started to go sideways. I'm sure much was a misundertstanding. But you are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT about one thing---where the drive gear is, and where the dist. is, HAS NOTHING TO DO with timing a typical V8.

You can throw the drive gear in "any old way."

Throw the dist in "any old way" (Mopar, Chiv, Ferd)

Then bring up no1 on the compression stroke, set your marks as desired, and LOOK WHERE the rotor is. Stick no1 in that hole and it will run perfect

Rotor phasing is bullshit

THERE ARE ENGINES where this matters. Some industrial 4 bangers have uneven spacing between adjacent cylinders. So do some V6's You can find V6 dist caps where every other pair of plug towers is spaced further/ closer, and on the old points dists, you can SEE the odd spacing on the points cam. On these engines, you MUST get the correct "hole."

My first car was a 57 Chiv. The first couple of times I tore it down, I didn't even KNOW there was a "right way" to install the dist. A service station jock opened the hood --back when they did that-- (1966) and announced--your engine can't run right--the distributor is out of time!!!!!

An example of a V6 cap which MUST have the "right hole" lined up

http://www.ipdusa.com/uploads/images_products_slideshow/fullsize_5096.jpg