I have a Delco Remy distributor 1111134 that I think is the original one for the 327/300 I have . My car was built is a '66 built in Sept of '65.
the date code on the distributor is 5 H 9 , which would be Aug 9th of '65.
My question is ... is the the correct distributor for my car ? I can't find any 111134 distributors for '66 vettes in my books . The dates seem to be right .

 

Perhaps you're misreading '3' for what's really a '9'; if so, 1111194 is '67 model year 300HP/standard shift. The aluminum band with date may have been installed after the original distributor was discarded.

 

not a mis-read its pretty clear . I did do a Google check on that distributor number and on some other car forums it was mentioned as a '66 corvette distributor .
I just can't seem to find any "CORVETTE" literature that shows it .
Has anyone seen it in a book or.......................??

Maybe its a typical factory replacement ?

 

#1111134 was never used in any Corvette, and I can't find a listing for it anywhere; the Service replacement distributor for a '66 300hp was #1112020. I think you're looking at #1111194, which would have been an original '67 300hp distributor.

 

I'm not sure I understand this. His car is a '66, and my literature shows a 1111194 as being original to a '67 sb. A '66 sb shows as being a 1111153.
What am I missing here?

 

Oops, typo on my part - #1111153 is the correct distributor for a '66 300hp; #1111194 is for a '67. I'll edit my previous post.

 

OK, so it's not a Corvette distributor , what is it ? I will it work in my car ? Is the housing different enough that it will hit the coil, shielding, carb , etc .

 

I gotta ask, if it's a mechanical tach drive distributor didn't it have to come out of a Corvette? or at least be a service replacement part?

 

I'm pretty sure that pretty much any old Chevy points distributor will drop in and work, the only real differences being what the timing curve is and that can be set-up anyway you want it by someone with a distributor machine.

 

how can I ,a shade tree mechanic , determine the curve ? It was installed in the car and ran smooth . The engine had some heating issues and was removed from the car .
It is a tach drive dist and I was going to rebuild it before reinstalling the engine later this year .

 

Lars used to post on that type of thing. Any reason you want to use this one? I have an MSD and the curves are easy to tune. There is a instruction sheet with bushing call outs for different curves and I've double checked when I've made changes. They always are spot on.

 

easy enough to find the curve currently in the unit. Just need a tach meter and a timing light.
Starting at idle speed check timing at idle. than increase engine rpm speed by say 200rpm'sd and check timing setting. At each 200 rpm increase interval write down the rpm speed and the indicated timing by the timing light. Stop once you get to the point that the timing is 'all in" meaning that regardless of any more increase in rpm's the timing has max'ed out and does not increase anymore.

A much more thorough and complete instructions can be found in JohnZ's timing articles here - the first article explains all the basics you needs to know about timing and the second article walks you step by step thru how to map your timing curve.

http://www.lbfun.com/warehouse/tech_...101Article.pdf

http://www.lbfun.com/warehouse/tech_...%20ADVANCE.pdf

Once you map your timing curve you can see if it's 'ok" or if you need to improve it. The fact that it your unit works and the car ran smooth probably means the timing curve is at least somewhat acceptable and usable although you may be able to tweak it a little more to improve performance.

the most important thing to find out is how much mechanical advance the distributor is supplying and at what point it's all in by.
You can somewhat adjust the amount of the mechanical advance by different sized bushings on the stop pin and you can change how quickly or slowly the advance comes in by changing out the springs.
If you need more extensive changes made than it's best to send it out to someone with a Sun distributor machine than can set it up with any timing curve you desire.

Lar's has a very good paper also on setting timing for performance:

http://www.lbfun.com/warehouse/tech_...t%20Timing.pdf

 

You'll find a good article on rebuilding it on Dave Fiedler's site, www.tispecialty.com.

 

While searching for info to rebuild my distributor 1111134 5 h 9 I couldn't find it listed for any Corvettes until.........

I looked thru a Noland Adams restoration guide Vol 2 and on page 331 it says "There are some interesting results here.The late base distributor 1111194 fails to make an appearance , while another base distributor,
1111134 shows up twice. but is not shown in any records."
Guess I'm not the only one with a different distributor .

 

I will grab my original out of the attic tonight and let you know what it is.......I have a mid to late 66'

Jebby