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sandman0023

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What is the stock camshaft made of in an 89 GT? I'm looking into getting a MSD dist. and 6A ign. I saw that some can only be used with billet or iron shafts.
 
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sandman0023 said:
What is the stock camshaft made of in an 89 GT? I'm looking into getting a MSD dist. and 6A ign. I saw that some can only be used with billet or iron shafts.
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All roller cams 5.0's have 8620 (I think that's the hardness level) billet steel camshafts. Anyway, if you buy a the MSD distributor (factory distributor is pretty damn good btw) from any reputible source they can tell you what you need. If your just curious, you need a steel distributor gear, possible a brass one will work. Iron will were out very fast and is not a good idea.

I think the MSD EFI distributor comes with the correct gear on it.
 

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Put a MSD distributor in mine and have no problems. If the dist. is for an EFI car it should come with the correct gear.
 
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