Performance distributor gear installation

Now, the really sharp people out there are going to look at the blueprint and start thinking.

They might think -- what if I removed the oil pump and distributor as driven off the cam? Far fewer problems getting blanks made. Without getting into the webbing and reducing the strength of the block you could offset bore toward the lifters for a new cam with larger journals and commensurately larger base circle for a hot cam. After all a blank is a blank. Add a tensioner for the timing chain. Degree the cam in. Strange how people think about overboring the block all the time but miss stuff like this.

Without the oil pump to worry about you could start kicking up the revs. Maybe make a special crank. Charlie showed me the video of the road race slant engine down in Argentina kicking butt at 8200 rpms. How many guys drag race at 8200rpms much less road race at those levels?