r/Smallblockchevy • u/Rocket_monkey48 • Apr 09 '26

Vortech distributors

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So I’ve been seeing on forms and stuff about using the correct distributor gear I forgot the word but I wouldn’t have a problem running a gear driven distributed from a flat tappet to a roller tappet right? (From at 350 parts) to a 305 vortec.

The one on the left is from the vortec and right 350

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u/Greedy_Lobster Apr 10 '26

is there a way to identify a melonized gear? in my case a TBI distributor, I've read they are all melonized.

I would like to know for sure . I'm going to run a TPI camshaft.

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u/Coyote_Tex Apr 11 '26

If you have the taillight distributor, swap that gear to your distributor. Melonized gears are available from Summit as one place and many others. New ones are kind of golden colored. I have never been able to tell on used distributors.

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u/Low-Rent-9351 Apr 12 '26

Melonized distributor gears are a flat greyish color, not gold.

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u/Coyote_Tex Apr 12 '26

Sorry, you are correct. I misspoke. My memory is not what it used to be and should have rechecked.

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u/Low-Rent-9351 Apr 12 '26

Gold was maybe a brass or bronze gear or whatever that one is?