goofy spark distributon question?

[Ortie666]

Ok, so 1st of all, has anyone ever ran aluminum heads with a distributor engine, if so.. how? 2nd how do yall think you could run 3400 heads an intake on a 85-86 RWD engine with a distributor?? see, the problem i run into is that the 3400 manifold hangs over too far for a distributor to stick in.. the 3100 manifold is about 1/2 inch closer for it to work, but if ur gunna build somthing you mays well fail at somthing totaly awsome, than succseed at crap... so anyone have a diffrent plan?? I would even consider putting coil packs on but dont ya need a crank sensor for that?? lol.. i already have a modern crankshaft in it.. so any input would be helpfull, espeicialy if there is some sort of crazy spark distribution that i dont know about yet..

[SappySE107]

I thought I saw some crazy 90 degree setup for the distributor. It was sideways basically.

[Ortie666]

No way!!! you remember what car it was on,

[bszopi]

Possibility...?

http://www.msdignition.com/dist_51.htm

[Ortie666]

NOTE: Must be used with a Jesel Camshaft Belt Drive Kit and an MSD Flying Magnet Crank Trigger.

I dunno if it would work, kuss i would have to have an open timing set, and i really dont know how that would work with the water pumps on these engines

[sharkey]

if you want to run gen 2 or 3 heads, you need to build a custom intake to use a distributor. the other option is to run dis ignition, and to do that you need a crank trigger.

[Ortie666]

next one

[Ortie666]

So the external crank triger would work for this app.. ya think??? that would make life 10000 times easier!!! I have no computer on this motor tho... All i have is a power and start wire going to everything.. there a jacobs ignition box and coil.. thats about it. do the crank sensors conect directly to the coil packs??

[Ortie666]

http://60degreev6.com/store/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=42

Thats what im talking about, think it would work on a carbureted rwd engine??

[montess408]

hey what about a fiero intake they have a distributor and mpfi
but i dont know if it will bolt up to 3400 heads though ?

[SappySE107]

No they wont, as they are iron head.

[geoffinbc]

http://60degreev6.com/store/index.ph...d&productId=42

Thats what im talking about, think it would work on a carbureted rwd engine??

Tes that would sorta work and would fire and MSD box or a coil pack. But the problem lies in the fact your using a carb. You have nothing to control the timing or the distribution of spark to the correct cylinder

[SappySE107]

That would give him the ability to run a computer with DIS to control the spark. The external trigger will let it know what cylinder to send spark.

[Ortie666]

so witch ECM should i get, like model Number?? outa witch car?? and could i be able to set up the computer so under boost it still retards timing normaly,??

[SappySE107]

The easiest way to do it would be teh TGP chip, using a 1227730? ECM. Its that or the 1227727, which ever one is water proof. 88-93 grand prix (you can use the DOHC ecm as well from 91-93), lumina, regal, cutlass. You could also use one from a cavalier or beretta but the wiring for the TGP will be closest to the W bodies. The TGP chip will let you use a 2 bar MAP and you can setup the spark table for boost as well. Otherwise it will use the same spark for all conditions under boost with a 1 bar map setup.