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Originally Posted by tigers83

Ford got the distributor totalyy backwards. The look of the distributor in the front ruins the look of any ford engine. Thedistributor should always be in the back

If the LOOK of an engine is all you concern yourself with, tigers83, then go ahead and keep your distibutor and oil pump in the back of the engine. Ford put them up front because they put FUNCTION before FORM (or as you refer to form, "looks"). You see, the camshaft is being tugged by the cam chain at the FRONT of the cam. So, why load the cam at the REAR? Yeah, T-W-I-S-T that cam, tigers83! It may not matter to you now (ie in a mild build), but when you start building really powerful engines, even the smallest power robbing details are taken into consideration because they all add up...and also because the more power you try to generate, the more something (such as cam chain up front/distributor and oil pump at rear) can affect peak power output.

Paul