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440 Source distributor #932448 02/19/11 05:57 PM 02/19/11 05:57 PM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 311 Colorado Springs, Colorado Dartthunder340 OP enthusiast
Dartthunder340 OP enthusiast Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 311 Colorado Springs, Colorado	Has anyone had any experience with their distributors or should I just get an MSD? Thanks. Better get inside Ma. Looks like a storm's comin'.

Re: 440 Source distributor [Re: Dartthunder340] #932449 02/19/11 06:00 PM 02/19/11 06:00 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,445 So Cal Sinitro master
Sinitro master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,445 So Cal	Quote: Has anyone had any experience with their distributors or should I just get an MSD? Thanks. Same item available @ the auto swap meets for $49 from Pro-Comp.. Assembled in Australia uses a bushing rather than a bearing.. A good buy as there is no other new Mopar distributor for that cheap.. Just my $0.02..

Re: 440 Source distributor [Re: Dartthunder340] #932450 02/19/11 07:15 PM 02/19/11 07:15 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,838 Central Missouri Fort Leonard... mopar65 master
mopar65 master Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,838 Central Missouri Fort Leonard...	Quote: Has anyone had any experience with their distributors or should I just get an MSD? Thanks. which heads are you goin to use on your engine? i ask this because i used one on my 906 headed 440. which it fit and worked fine on. but when i switched over to indy EZ heads the 440 source dist would no longer fit.the dist cap is to big around and will not clear the head. it might of worked if i grinded the head to clear? but did not want to take a chance grinding on my 3000 set of indy heads. so i got and recomend for you to is buy a fire core dist from rick. here are some pics of showing what i am talking about. thanks mopar65 this is the 440 source dist 6484782-100_0781(Large).jpg (283 downloads) Last edited by mopar65; 02/19/11 07:17 PM. 3520 pound race ready 1973 Street/Strip Dodge Dart - Stock stroke 440/727 10.49 @ 125.0 on 93 pump gas & ET Street Radials. More to come... ( SGT Miller) Proudly served 12 years in the US ARMY RESERVES support our troops

Re: 440 Source distributor [Re: mopar65] #932451 02/19/11 07:16 PM 02/19/11 07:16 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,838 Central Missouri Fort Leonard... mopar65 master
mopar65 master Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,838 Central Missouri Fort Leonard...	fire core dist 6484785-100_0788(Large).jpg (271 downloads) Last edited by mopar65; 02/19/11 07:17 PM. 3520 pound race ready 1973 Street/Strip Dodge Dart - Stock stroke 440/727 10.49 @ 125.0 on 93 pump gas & ET Street Radials. More to come... ( SGT Miller) Proudly served 12 years in the US ARMY RESERVES support our troops

Re: 440 Source distributor [Re: mopar65] #932452 02/19/11 07:18 PM 02/19/11 07:18 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,838 Central Missouri Fort Leonard... mopar65 master
mopar65 master Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,838 Central Missouri Fort Leonard...	440 source with out the cap on 6484789-100_0780(Large).jpg (293 downloads) 3520 pound race ready 1973 Street/Strip Dodge Dart - Stock stroke 440/727 10.49 @ 125.0 on 93 pump gas & ET Street Radials. More to come... ( SGT Miller) Proudly served 12 years in the US ARMY RESERVES support our troops

Re: 440 Source distributor [Re: mopar65] #932453 02/19/11 07:19 PM 02/19/11 07:19 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,838 Central Missouri Fort Leonard... mopar65 master
mopar65 master Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,838 Central Missouri Fort Leonard...	fire core with cap off 6484790-100_0785.jpg (206 downloads) 3520 pound race ready 1973 Street/Strip Dodge Dart - Stock stroke 440/727 10.49 @ 125.0 on 93 pump gas & ET Street Radials. More to come... ( SGT Miller) Proudly served 12 years in the US ARMY RESERVES support our troops

Re: 440 Source distributor [Re: mopar65] #932454 02/19/11 07:21 PM 02/19/11 07:21 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,838 Central Missouri Fort Leonard... mopar65 master
mopar65 master Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,838 Central Missouri Fort Leonard...	pic of fire core beside a 440 source dist 6484793-100_0784.jpg (232 downloads) Last edited by mopar65; 02/19/11 07:22 PM. 3520 pound race ready 1973 Street/Strip Dodge Dart - Stock stroke 440/727 10.49 @ 125.0 on 93 pump gas & ET Street Radials. More to come... ( SGT Miller) Proudly served 12 years in the US ARMY RESERVES support our troops

Re: 440 Source distributor [Re: mopar65] #932455 02/19/11 07:34 PM 02/19/11 07:34 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,008 Sweet Home Alabama M MRMOPAR622 top fuel
MRMOPAR622 top fuel M Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,008 Sweet Home Alabama	Looks like it might would hit the Indy valve covers. Thats just looking at the pictures.Do you know if it will clear them? Looks like its a nice distributor. "To Be The Man'You Have Got To Beat The Man" "T/D and Pro-Bracket Racer"

Re: 440 Source distributor [Re: mopar65] #932456 02/19/11 07:35 PM 02/19/11 07:35 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,752 detroit area M moderncylinder top fuel
moderncylinder top fuel M Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,752 detroit area	indy ez heads now come cleared for distributors,, its a common problem with them,, ive ground a few,, now indy cuts them

Re: 440 Source distributor [Re: MRMOPAR622] #932457 02/19/11 07:38 PM 02/19/11 07:38 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,838 Central Missouri Fort Leonard... mopar65 master
mopar65 master Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,838 Central Missouri Fort Leonard...	dont know about the indy valve covers. never had a set to see. but it fits my mopar valve covers great and so far the dist is real easy to set up and works great.thanks mopar65 3520 pound race ready 1973 Street/Strip Dodge Dart - Stock stroke 440/727 10.49 @ 125.0 on 93 pump gas & ET Street Radials. More to come... ( SGT Miller) Proudly served 12 years in the US ARMY RESERVES support our troops

Re: 440 Source distributor [Re: moderncylinder] #932458 02/19/11 07:41 PM 02/19/11 07:41 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,838 Central Missouri Fort Leonard... mopar65 master
mopar65 master Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,838 Central Missouri Fort Leonard...	Quote: indy ez heads now come cleared for distributors,, its a common problem with them,, ive ground a few,, now indy cuts them jeff thats great knews to know. but jeff do you know why the endy ez heads have that ridge only on one end of the head? i mean the other end of the head is flat but the side that sits by the dist has the big bump in it? sorry just wondering. thanks Mopar65 3520 pound race ready 1973 Street/Strip Dodge Dart - Stock stroke 440/727 10.49 @ 125.0 on 93 pump gas & ET Street Radials. More to come... ( SGT Miller) Proudly served 12 years in the US ARMY RESERVES support our troops

Re: 440 Source distributor [Re: MRMOPAR622] #932459 02/19/11 07:44 PM 02/19/11 07:44 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,838 Central Missouri Fort Leonard... mopar65 master
mopar65 master Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,838 Central Missouri Fort Leonard...	Quote: Looks like it might would hit the Indy valve covers. Thats just looking at the pictures.Do you know if it will clear them? Looks like its a nice distributor. here is a little bit better pick of the fore core dist with the cap on. thanks mopar65 6484837-100_0789[1600x1200].jpg (233 downloads) 3520 pound race ready 1973 Street/Strip Dodge Dart - Stock stroke 440/727 10.49 @ 125.0 on 93 pump gas & ET Street Radials. More to come... ( SGT Miller) Proudly served 12 years in the US ARMY RESERVES support our troops

Re: 440 Source distributor [Re: Dartthunder340] #932460 02/19/11 07:50 PM 02/19/11 07:50 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 8,882 Ontario, Canada S Stanton Don't question me!
Stanton Don't question me! S Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 8,882 Ontario, Canada	Quote: uses a bushing rather than a bearing You make this sound like a bad thing! Let me ask you this: how much clearance does a bushing need? how much clearance does a bearing need? which would last longer without oil? what have they used in every stock distributor for nearly a century? Give me a bushed distributor any day over one with bearings. If a bushing is good enough for the oil pump/dist. drive then its good enough for the distributor. As for the OP. I had one and thought it was well done for the $$. Never used it though.

Re: 440 Source distributor [Re: mopar65] #932461 02/19/11 08:16 PM 02/19/11 08:16 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,752 detroit area M moderncylinder top fuel
moderncylinder top fuel M Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,752 detroit area	no i dont know why they have that buldge there,,, youd think its to pass water around the end of the head,, maybe around head bolt holes or something,, ive ground alot of it away and didnt feel like it got thin then went on street cars to run all over,, i was going to make it a part of my program on them but i just seen indy doing it

Re: 440 Source distributor [Re: Stanton] #932462 02/19/11 09:33 PM 02/19/11 09:33 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,445 So Cal Sinitro master
Sinitro master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,445 So Cal	Quote: Quote: uses a bushing rather than a bearing You make this sound like a bad thing! Let me ask you this: how much clearance does a bushing need? how much clearance does a bearing need? which would last longer without oil? what have they used in every stock distributor for nearly a century? Give me a bushed distributor any day over one with bearings. If a bushing is good enough for the oil pump/dist. drive then its good enough for the distributor. As for the OP. I had one and thought it was well done for the $$. Never used it though. Read my post closely.. @ $49 it can't be beat.. Even a rebuilt point-type @ Napa is $72... If it meets your requirements, go for it.. Just my $0.02..

Re: 440 Source distributor [Re: Sinitro] #932463 02/19/11 11:27 PM 02/19/11 11:27 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,766 Central Valley, CA. Quicksilver440 I Live Here
Quicksilver440 I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,766 Central Valley, CA.	Does the 440source distributor use a stock cap?

Re: 440 Source distributor [Re: Quicksilver440] #932464 02/20/11 12:08 AM 02/20/11 12:08 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,445 So Cal Sinitro master
Sinitro master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,445 So Cal	Quote: Does the 440source distributor use a stock cap? No. Uses the GM HEI style.. Just my $0.02..

Re: 440 Source distributor [Re: Sinitro] #932465 02/20/11 01:35 AM 02/20/11 01:35 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 209 Finland H Hessu enthusiast
Hessu enthusiast H Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 209 Finland	Will that fire core cap fit stock distributor? It look little bit smaller that 440 souurce cap.

Re: 440 Source distributor [Re: Sinitro] #932466 02/20/11 01:42 AM 02/20/11 01:42 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,766 Central Valley, CA. Quicksilver440 I Live Here
Quicksilver440 I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,766 Central Valley, CA.	Quote: Quote: Does the 440source distributor use a stock cap? No. Uses the GM HEI style.. Just my $0.02.. I'm confused....this is a GM HEI style cap as far as I know: Are you just talking about the male posts? What about diameter, etc? It uses the side clips like a mopar.....

Re: 440 Source distributor [Re: Sinitro] #932467 02/20/11 12:42 PM 02/20/11 12:42 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 8,882 Ontario, Canada S Stanton Don't question me!
Stanton Don't question me! S Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 8,882 Ontario, Canada	Quote: Uses the GM HEI style.. Uses GM-style male wire connectors on a stock sized cap. Why don't you just scoot over to the 440Source website and look at it ?!?!?

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