Ford 460 distributor in AMC 360?

[Joe J-Truck]

I was BSing with a buddy of mine in his garage. He has a 70's cj with an AMC 360. He's using a late model ford 460 distributor, says it was a direct bolt-in and routed the wires quite nicely I thought. Anyone seen or heard or done this? I'd love to know more, If this is a new mod, I'll hound him for more info and report back. I seemed like a really cool upgrade.

[mdill]

Just for giggles what would a ford 460 dizy do ,that a ford dizy built
for an AMC would not ?

Mike D.

[Brown Bear]

you can put the cap and rotor on your current dizzy right now. It's part of the TFI upgrade. The little metal thingies <it's late, ok?> are farther apart, which helps to supress random spark arcing, and is capable of deliving more of the spark to the wire. Also looks a little bit cooler smile.gif

[Mud Thrasher]

There shouldn't be any difference really between the two other then 460 is set a lil differently. It will be curved differently and have different springs in it but thats about it. Look at it this way, if you have a 200lb monkey and a 300lb monkey they are still both monkeys.

[talntar]

wouldnt the drive gear be diffrent?

[Elliott]

It is the dura spark distributor and I've read that it does work in the AMC V8.

[Bob Barry]

I'd be surprised if the housings (not just the cap and electronics) were identical.

[Brown Bear]

You know bob, so would i. I've seen the 460 dist. before, and now that i think back on it, it did look remarkably similar to my TFI distributor.