235 Chevy distributor in F.5

[Rusty 72]

I have found a few threads on using a Chevy dist. in the F engine. It ranges from, it will blow up my engine to it will run excellent with a recurve and petronix installed. Does anybody have real world experience using a 235 distributor? Here is the numbers on my dist.

 

[Coolerman]

A MAF Delco dizzy 112403 17C5 ran in my F engine for years. ( First owner installed it not me)
I replaced it with an FJ60 dizzy/igniter. If the bearings or bushings in that Delco dizzy are still good, throw the Pertronix module in and run it. Otherwise get a Trollhole dizzy or go the FJ60 big cap dizzy route.

 

[Downey]

My guess is the PO installed a Toyota drive gear onto that dizzy (MAF certainly didn't), because if it were the Chevy drive gear those teeth would now be shiny silver tin foil, your Toyota cam would have worn them down to nothing..

 

[Rusty 72]

Thanks for the info. The bushings are tight and everything appears to be functional. A pertronix will be ordered soon.

All I know about the distributor and engine, it supposedly was rebuilt and the head gasket blew. The engine was in one of the 40's I am parting out.

 

[Downey]

Also, I might be wrong, but that Delco may only give about 26 degrees mechanical advance, and zero vacuum advance- - -no so good on a vehicle that starves for 40 degrees advance during hard accelerations?????

 

[Rusty 72]

Also, I might be wrong, but that Delco may only give about 26 degrees mechanical advance, and zero vacuum advance- - -no so good on a vehicle that starves for 40 degrees advance during hard accelerations?????

Might send distributor to someone to see just what it's doing.

 

[thebigredrocker]

Plenty of stories of F's running with Delco's, plenty of problem stories also.
I listened to Marv and Mark's Offroad's advice.

Please don't. Don't spend another penny on that time bomb. A few minutes research on year with the key words Delco dizzy should yield a few dozen horror stories about how many engines were ruined by those dizzies.

I bought what was left of my very first cruiser from just such an unlucky soul. the very first time I drove in to SOR with my rig, Marv told me to treat that thing like a hand grenade: pull and throw it as far as you can!

I am dead serious.

Mark A.