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Old 01-18-2010, 11:54 PM   #8
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Re: New engine, won't run!

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Originally Posted by brothers69c-10 View Post
The distributor itself is only about two years old, and the whole distributor setup that is on it now is the same one from the small block i pulled out of the truck and it ran fine.
Tall deck blocks require a tall deck distributor or machine work on the intake to allow the short deck dizzy to engage. All small blocks are short deck. Not all 427s are tall deck. Hope this helps Jay
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