[chefk85]

Thanks guys. Off to Walmart to look for dull aluminum . Also I'm getting another parts order together. Need info for the melonized steel gear for the distributor. Bought an ebay distributor last year to put in the 283 and have since lost the receipt and packaging. Its the typical red capped skip white style dist.(may have been a skip white). Anyhow, I'm noticing it says hardened gear for hydraulic cams but also reading conflicting things like "ductile iron" material gear. Don't want to ruin my brand new motor so what do I need?

The melonized gears I'm looking at are damn near 80 bucks! a lot cheaper than a new cam if I were to ruin it. Anyone have some knowledge on this subject? Maybe ill put a call in to scoggin dickey or my local GM service counter as well.