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Chevrolet Mallory™ Distributor Conversion for 1949-1953 Flathead Ford |
| Mallory™ distributors for a flathead are kind of hard to find and old Chevrolet V8 Mallory™ units are in abundance. |
The following pictorial illustrates what our typical conversion consists of. |
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Step one is to clean degrease and disassemble the Mallory™ distributor. |
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Chevrolet shaft needs to be machined off just a little on the lower part to allow the original flathead drive gear to fit. |
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Advance weights are cleaned , degreased and lubed prior to reassembly. Top plate reinstalled with contact points etc... |
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| Distributor is then spun on machine and contacts adjusted. Note this one has a four lobe cam and dwell per contact set is using the four cylinder scale. As we will not be using a dual coil, a jumper wire will be installed to tie the contact sets together for using a single condenser and standard ignition coil. |
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| A half shim is used to set the clearance for gear. Locktite™ the gear and drill for roll pin. |
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Distributor is run on a test machine. Maximum advance is adjusted to 12° distributor or 24° engine and timing curve is set . Advance all in at 2500 rpm. |
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Distributor is then placed on our distributor display timing
cover to center the drive gear to the camshaft location (center of the hole)
and housing marked with black tape. |
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If it makes spark, we do it !!! |
| Bubba's Hot Rod Shop 1330 Main Street Speedway, Indiana 46224 1-888-809-3835 |
