440 Dist. vs 318

[kdtjb]

Will a 440 distributor go directly in a 318 poly?

 

[5.7 hemi]

No.

 

[Photon440]

You'd need a pretty large hammer and will be disappointed with the end results. However, a regular LA 318, 340 or 360 distributor will work out better for you.

 

[kdtjb]

I was wondering because I had a dist. on the shelf that I thought was out of a 440. But I put it in my 63 dodge pickup. ( 318 poly) So I must have picked it up and forgot what it was for. It has the same points rotor and cap as my 383. The reason I had been thinking it was for a 440 was because it was about an inch or two shorter than a N.O.S. 383 dist. I have in a box. From the flange down to the bottom, that is.

 

[Photon440]

A 440 dist. is longer than a 383 version because of the taller deck height.

 

[kiwigtx]

You'd need a pretty large hammer and will be disappointed with the end results. ..............

That was funny

 

[wedgie]

Even if it fit, which it won't, they turn opposite the 318 or any smallblock or early hemi distributor.

 

[Nacho-RT74]

Even if it fit, which it won't, they turn opposite the 318 or any smallblock or early hemi distributor.

just because the vacuum action. Rest of inners are the same. Reluctor is indexed different but interchanges