HEI Distributor fitting under the shielding
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Burning Brakes
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From: Whitehall New York
HEI Distributor fitting under the shielding
My 64 coupe is a driver, (no racing) I have a 400 sbc with the stock shielding. and Southwest Performance Parts has a 62-74 Tach drive HEI distributor with a 65K coil for $80. Seems like it may be Chinese junk. But they had good ratings on Amazon.
Anyone have any experience with this company and whether an HEI will fit under the Shielding?
Southwest Performance Parts has no phone contact, all email, which is a pain! All my questions have been answered pretty vague.
Anyone have any experience with this company and whether an HEI will fit under the Shielding?
Southwest Performance Parts has no phone contact, all email, which is a pain! All my questions have been answered pretty vague.
Team Owner
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My 64 coupe is a driver, (no racing) I have a 400 sbc with the stock shielding. and Southwest Performance Parts has a 62-74 Tach drive HEI distributor with a 65K coil for $80. Seems like it may be Chinese junk. But they had good ratings on Amazon.
Anyone have any experience with this company and whether an HEI will fit under the Shielding?
Southwest Performance Parts has no phone contact, all email, which is a pain! All my questions have been answered pretty vague.
Anyone have any experience with this company and whether an HEI will fit under the Shielding?
Southwest Performance Parts has no phone contact, all email, which is a pain! All my questions have been answered pretty vague.
Drifting
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Not sure about the one you reference, but here’s the one I got from Zip for my build; fits under the shielding perfectly and is a tach drive unit as well.
https://www.zip-corvette.com/62-74-e...ach-drive.html
My car is a driver and I’ve got over 10k miles on it, no issues.
Good luck!
https://www.zip-corvette.com/62-74-e...ach-drive.html
My car is a driver and I’ve got over 10k miles on it, no issues.
Good luck!
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Burning Brakes
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From: Whitehall New York
This is why I am asking you! 😂
I knew someone would answer just like you did, but sometimes you need someone to bounce things off.
That’s why I’ve been a Corvetteforum member the second week it started back in the ‘90’s.
Your critique is appreciated young man.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Whitehall New York
Not sure about the one you reference, but here’s the one I got from Zip for my build; fits under the shielding perfectly and is a tach drive unit as well.
https://www.zip-corvette.com/62-74-e...ach-drive.html
My car is a driver and I’ve got over 10k miles on it, no issues.
Good luck!
https://www.zip-corvette.com/62-74-e...ach-drive.html
My car is a driver and I’ve got over 10k miles on it, no issues.
Good luck!
Thank you all for your time and input.
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why not keep your tach drive points dist and put in a new electric widget to replace the points
Team Owner
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I would think rebuilding it would be a whole lot cheaper and you can control the quality much more
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Drifting
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From: Wabasha Mn
I had advanceddistributors.com in Shakapee, Mn rebuild and recurve one sbc and one pontiac points distributor. $229 for each. Not sure if anyone makes new distributors in the USA with USA made parts! My 2 cents says keep your original unit! Core charge at rockauto is $150 on a cast iron distributor like yours.
Last edited by wilcar; Feb 12, 2020 at 09:56 PM. Reason: Added something
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Burning Brakes
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From: Whitehall New York
I could see keeping it if it was original motor, (400 cu in small block), but I can buy a brand new HEI for $170 (plus new coil and wires) which should perform nicely. (the one recommended in earlier post).
Although, I have concerns about Chinese products, so that's a factor.
I'll look around for a rebuilder.
Thanks for you input everyone.
Although, I have concerns about Chinese products, so that's a factor.
I'll look around for a rebuilder.
Thanks for you input everyone.
Last edited by Brian; Feb 12, 2020 at 10:13 PM.
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Dave Fiedler rebuilt my stock 67 distributor 10+ years ago, no issues since then. He put in a new shaft, new cam atop the shaft for my engine combination, etc.
http://www.tispecialty.com/consulting.htm
http://www.tispecialty.com/consulting.htm
Burning Brakes
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From: Kingwood Texas
Not sure about the one you reference, but here’s the one I got from Zip for my build; fits under the shielding perfectly and is a tach drive unit as well.
https://www.zip-corvette.com/62-74-e...ach-drive.html
My car is a driver and I’ve got over 10k miles on it, no issues.
Good luck!
https://www.zip-corvette.com/62-74-e...ach-drive.html
My car is a driver and I’ve got over 10k miles on it, no issues.
Good luck!
Dont believe this is HEI. It just has an electronic replacement for the points.
