Small Diameter Pro-Billet Distributor — Ford 289/302, Blower and Manifold Clearance
Make room up front. Keep the spark accurate. Room at the back of a small block Ford is always short; and a blower or a tall manifold makes it shorter. MSD fit their high performance distributor experience into a compact housing built to be less obtrusive - cap and housing 5/8 inch smaller than stock. The internals stay race proven: magnetic pickup and precision reluctor feeding your MSD ignition at high rpm; hardened steel shaft on a sealed ball bearing. The advance is fully adjustable - supplied springs set the rate; the stop bushing sets total. The cap uses spark plug style terminals and screws down to the housing.
Install Level: Intermediate - distributor swap; timing must be set
Requires an MSD 6; 7 or 8 Series ignition control - sold separately.
No vacuum advance listed - see MSD 8479 for a vacuum advance version.
Cap listed red in the spec table.
Cast iron gear - match gear to camshaft.
The manufacturer listing contradicts itself on emissions status; verify before a street install.
Ignition coil not included.
Make room up front. Keep the spark accurate.
A compact Pro-Billet distributor for the Ford 289 or 302 with a cap and housing 5/8 inch smaller than stock — MSD calls it great for blower or manifold clearance. Cast iron gear, MSD 6, 7, or 8 Series ignition required.
Room at the back of a small block Ford is always short, and a blower or tall manifold makes it shorter. MSD fit their high performance distributor experience into a compact housing designed to be less obtrusive on Ford engines. The cap and housing measure 5/8 inch smaller than stock.
The internals are race proven. A magnetic pickup and precision reluctor deliver accurate trigger signals to the MSD ignition at high rpm, turned by a hardened steel shaft in a sealed ball bearing.
The advance is fully adjustable: the chromoly assembly's rate is set by changing supplied springs, with the stop bushing setting total advance. The cap uses spark plug style terminals and is screwed down to the housing.
What's In the Box
The distributor and what ships with it:
- x1 Small Diameter Pro-Billet Distributor — CNC Billet Housing
- x1 Small Diameter Cap, HEI Terminals
- x1 MSD Race Rotor
- x1 Cast Iron Gear, Melonized QPQ Coated
- Advance Springs and Stop Bushing
- Not included: ignition coil, MSD ignition control
- Fits: Ford 289 and 302, though the title reads 302 only.
- Requires: an MSD 6, 7, or 8 Series ignition control, sold separately.
- Housing: Cap and housing 5/8" smaller than stock. Color: Red per the spec table.
- Gear: Cast Iron, Melonized QPQ. No vacuum advance is listed — for that, see 8479.
- Emissions: the listing contradicts itself — spec table lists Code 1 with C.A.R.B. E.O. D-40-39, a feature bullet says no E.O. number. Street legality unverified.
Cap and housing 5/8 inch smaller than stock - blower and manifold clearance
CNC billet housing
Small diameter cap; HEI terminals; screwed down to the housing
MSD race rotor
Magnetic pickup and precision reluctor
Hardened steel shaft in a sealed ball bearing
Fully adjustable chromoly advance; springs and stop bushing supplied
Cast iron gear - Melonized QPQ coated
No vacuum advance listed
Not included: ignition coil; MSD ignition control
Requires an MSD 6; 7 or 8 Series ignition control.
Cast iron gear - confirm against your camshaft material.
No vacuum advance - MSD 8479 covers that application.
