Mark Gilbert
I'm Awesome
You still use the cam sensor in the distributor. In fact you still need to set the distributor position to correlate with the crank sensor. You just don't have any high voltage traveling through the distributor. They sell a blank distributor cap too.
https://www.eficonnection.com/home/product/cast-aluminum-distributor-dust-cap
The real advantage is that having more coils you can have a higher dwell and theoretically better spark. You also don't have to worry about failing distributor caps anymore, and your spark plug wires are really short, depending on where you mount the coils. Besides it just kinda looks cool.
https://www.eficonnection.com/home/product/cast-aluminum-distributor-dust-cap
The real advantage is that having more coils you can have a higher dwell and theoretically better spark. You also don't have to worry about failing distributor caps anymore, and your spark plug wires are really short, depending on where you mount the coils. Besides it just kinda looks cool.