Weiand 5884 needs a distributor

[mewagons]

I have Google searched all over the place, and can't believe I couldn't find the answer to this. Maybe a call to Speedway or Summit would do it, but I thought I'd try here first. I am building a '55 Chevy gasser. I have a sbc, and recently purchased a Weiand 5884 intake with dual quads. What distributor do I need? I think it will have to have a smaller cap than the one I have now on my single quad intake. Thanks in advance!

[567chevys]

Found this on the internet

Anything except a large cap HEI distributor will fit. I use an MSD distributor in mine.

All distributors except the late model computer contolled ones have mechanical advance. Weights and springs inside the distributor will advance the timing as rpm increases. You set your timing to a base timing at idle, lets say 12* and full advance is around 36*. The weights and cams determine how much advance to give and the springs determine how much advance to give at different rpms. Normally the mechanical advance is at full by 3000 rpm. The vacuum advance is for part throttle operation.

Because I use an aftermarket ignition, my distributor is used just for the magnetic pickup. That tells the ignition when to fire the coil. My distributor is locked out to full advance so I have no vacuum or mechanical advance to worry about (race only).

You're either going to have electronic or points ignition. Points is very simple but is also 30 years old. With all the modern electronic ignitions now, using a points or dual points system is ancient. You could always find an old points distributor and have an electronic conversion put inside it.

[mewagons]

Thank you 567chevys! Sorry I didn't see this sooner; maybe I need to figure out how to turn on notifications or something. Good info; I was afraid there was going to be some rare and unique distributor that I needed and wouldn't be able to find.