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Originally Posted by BRU
Just my 2 cents... If a ford distributor is Ventura vacumn only and a small block Chevy distributor vacuum advance is manifold vacuum, why can't you put a Chevy vacuum advance on an 8 ba distributor to make manifold vacuum usable? Better yet, why can't the internals of a Chevy distributor be made to fit inside the 8ba distributor for mechanical advance and eliminate the machining of the distributor, cutting of the shaft, making a hold down, etc., etc, to use on an 8ba and still have an all ford distributor?
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The physical size of the GM distributor is bigger than the flathead distributor.
Perhaps if you could invent a 'component shrink-er' you could stuff the guts of the GM distributor inside the flathead distributor.