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Old 04-11-2020, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill Hanlon View Post
I'm trying to understand something that doesn't make sense to me Tom. I think distributors must turn at the same speed as the camshaft. How can this be if "Pontiac Engineering redesigned the Pontiac block to use the larger distributor gear and a camshaft to use the smaller distributor drive gear"?
I believe that the driven gear and the drive gear tooth count of the SD remained the same as standard pontiac engines at 14 for each gear, just at a slightly different diameters

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