Distributor install ?

G. G. LEVERETTE said

Not so fast with the blame game. The old mopar engine book showed the slot on the dist pointing slightly left of center, the new book shows the timing slightly right of center. I use the older method. But it has already been stated bring the piston to TDC and use a large screwdriver to align the dist slot to your preference.

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I'm not sure what "NEW" book your talking about, but to the left of center is correct, and has been on the LA small block for ever. With the MSD dist, you have to point it almost 45 deg clockwise of stock.

MSD had this design for over 25 years and should have made it correctly when it was designed, no other dist manufacturer has it wrong.

I called MSD when I got my dist because I thought it was a a screw up and after I talked to a few guys there, I found out that is the way they made it and when I explained to them how the stock dist is, they just said to move the wires.

When I spend good money on parts, I expect them to be made correctly, especially from a well known company like MSD and if they choose to change something like the dist alignment, that's fine, but they should say so in the instructions and they don't. I shouldn't have to find out about it after I have my car tore down, especially when I'm working around a 671 and trying not to lean on my fenders. And I sure as h3ll don't want to hear some Chevy idiot tell me to "just move the wires"