Would an electronic distributor from an 82 280zx Turbo automatic trans car work for me on my 72 240z? I want to convert to an electronic setup, but dont know if this will work.

The electronic distributors will work however, you should aquire one from a manual trans car with a single pickup. If I remember correctly, the distributors from automatics have dual pickups and one of the two pickups is for retarding the timing.