Well it's been nearly 2 months, but I finally had a chance to work on my car this weekend. Here's the latest
1) Composite Distributor Gear:
My Mallory Unilite distributor had a steel gear. For roller cam applications, I kept reading that it is important to run a bronze or composite gear. So, I bought the Comp Cams composite gear ( 0.491" for Mallorys). For what it's worth, it's less rotating inertia than the bronze, haha.
Here's a side-by-side (steel one still on distributor):
Here's showing how I knocked out the pin using a hardened nail that fit just right.
Linkage just doesn't make functional sense to me. So the next thing I did was install the Lokar throttle cable and gas pedal. This is probably one of the easiest things I have done to this car. Here's the midnight series pedal:
The arms are splined, so that you can clock the height of the pedal to your preference. Great for getting those heel-toe downshifts just perfect.
Here's where I determined where to drill the 5/16" hole, which puts it nearly dead on with the throttle lever:
