Speedway Motors Cadillac 472/500 Pro Distributor

#2897717B

Speedway Motors Cadillac 472/500 Pro Distributor

Name: Speedway Motors Cadillac 472/500 Pro Distributor
Brand: Speedway Motors
SKU: 2897717B
Price: 196.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)

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Speedway Motors' Pro Series Ready to Run Distributor is perfect for a street performance ignition upgrade and eliminates the need for a CDI box
Features a CNC-machined billet aluminum body and hardened steel shaft, with a sealed ball bearing on top and a sintered steel bushing on the bottom

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HEI / Male Cap Type, HEI / Male Cap Terminal Style

Speedway Motors' Pro Series Ready to Run Distributor is perfect for a street performance ignition upgrade and eliminates the need for a CDI box
Features a CNC-machined billet aluminum body and hardened steel shaft, with a sealed ball bearing on top and a sintered steel bushing on the bottom
Comes with a fully adjustable mechanical advance, magnetic pickup trigger, a vacuum advance (not adjustable), and a high-output circuit board module with digital tach output
The dielectric cap comes with solid brass terminals and a color-matched wire retainer
Fits Cadillac V8 engines (368-500)

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Key Specs

MFG. Part #	2897717B
Brand	Speedway Motors
Cap Type	HEI / Male
Advance Type	Mechanical and Vacuum

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Speedway Motors 2897717B Details

Speedway Motors' Pro Series Ready to Run Distributor is perfect for a street performance ignition upgrade and eliminates the need to a CDI box. It features a CNC-machined billet aluminum body and hardened steel shaft, with a sealed ball bearing on top and a sintered steel bushing on the bottom. It also comes with a fully adjustable mechanical advance, magnetic pickup trigger, a vacuum advance (not adjustable), and a high-output circuit board module with digital tach output. The dielectric cap comes with solid brass terminals and a color-matched wire retainer. Fits Cadillac V8 engines (368-500), Internal module means no external ignition box required.

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For race/ off road use or for use on pre-1966 vehicles.

Emissions warning: this part only legal for sale or use in California for racing (competition) vehicles which may never be used, registered, or licensed for use upon a public highway, or if installed in vehicles model-year 1965 or older; motorcycles model-year 1977 or older; or off-highway recreational vehicles (such as off-road motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles) model-year 1996 and older. Any other use renders the vehicle tampered and not legal for use on California public highways (any public street or roadway, public dirt road, public park, or publicly maintained right of way open to the use of the public for vehicular travel). Violations subject to $37,500 penalty per violation per vehicle, revocation of registration, loss of use on California public right of ways, and proof of correction for tampering. There are similar restrictions and penalties under federal law and the laws of all other states with penalties under federal law of up to approximately $45,268 per tampered vehicle and/or engine.

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Speedway Motors 2897717B Specifications

KEY SPECS
MFG. Part #	2897717B
Brand	Speedway Motors
Cap Type	HEI / Male
Advance Type	Mechanical and Vacuum

GENERAL
External Ignition Box Required	No
Cap Terminal Style	HEI / Male
Trigger Style	Magnetic
Gear Material	Steel
Gear Rotation	Standard
Distributor Cap Color	Black
Cap Diameter	4"
Mechanical Tach Drive	No
Slip Collar	No
Housing Material	Billet Aluminum
Housing Finish	Natural
Overall Height	16"
Mounted Height	9.5"
Marine Use	No
Coil Included	No
Sold in Quantity	Each
Notes	Distributor gear is most compatible with cast iron hydraulic or solid flat tappet camshafts

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4.0

5 years ago

Flatheader1

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Will be a few months before I start the engine this distributor goes but it looks like it will work fine. I did swap the rotor with a msd adjustable one as per the instructions from the fi I am using. I'm guessing msd pick up and cap and rotors will work as service parts.

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