distributor direction

[flatheadgary]

i put a 360 4 barrel intake manifold on my 318 and am having a problem on were the vacuum pot is supposed to point at. with the distributor shaft slot pointing at number 1 cylinder, when i put in the distributor, it either points at the 5 cylinder or toward the right fender. as the intake runner is quite large it can not be turned to any other point with out hitting the runner. which way should i point it?

 

[hangn0ut]

Which way to point it. Answer: any way you want. Really. The distributor can fit two ways on the intermediate shaft. The shaft can fit eighteen ways onto the cam gear. Bring the motor around to what you want your initial timing to be. You know,finger over the spark plug hole. Lets say you stopped at 20° before tdc. Now drop the shaft in. Then the distributor. Put the vacuum can where you want it. Now take the cap and rotor off. And align a tooth on the reluctor with the strip of metal on the pickup. Lock the distributor down. Install the rotor and cap. The terminal the rotor points at is now #1. It wont line up exactly. Install the rest of the wires and start it up. Dont like where #1 is? Simply shift the intermediate around to put it where you want. Basic lesson for playin with motors.

 

[KENTON]

I belive it should point to #8 (the vacuum pot}