That sounds…. interesting?
I haven’t seen anything like that. The engines / distributors I have seen have the gear mounted at a very specific height on the distributor shaft. I’m sure with a small amount of googling you can find the “stock” setup illustrated…..
There used to be a good number of posts about the Ford “gear rotor” oil pump that could halt momentarily (instantaneously?) on small bits of debris, and this effect could make the distributor drive shaft (which, IIRC, was made of the same steel as coat hanger wire) look like a wrought iron twisted curtain rod!
But again… I haven’t seen everything… my guess is there is someone out there who has seen your configuration before…
Rocky
Here’s a picture of what I’m used to seeing…
