points to HEI= more hp?
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points to HEI= more hp?
I'm going to do this on my 71Z and just wanted to know if it will make more hp.I think NOT but What do I know.It's an elecrtical thing and I now NOTHING when it comes to wires.Thamks
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I know I picked up a lot of power changing from points to MSD in my modified 327. Noticable seat of the pants difference. My stock distributor had been rebuilt correct timing curve and properly shimmed with new points, rotor, cap. I spent almost as much doing that as buying the new MSD and 6 ALN box. I know I will get flamed for this buy the guys who run the stock stuff with no problem but maybe they never dropped in an MSD setup to compare.
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Is there a tach drive magneto setup? No way to convert 63 to electric tach.
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If points work right...no issue. I did back to back dyno testing on my 540 with a set of 7 year old points in a GM dist. Usually on the engine dyno we use the *house* dist....but this day..it was dead. So we threw my points setup in it. It broke 800HP...but they started bouncing around 6900 rpm...remember they were 7 years old (Accel's). I then went down the street to another shop and borrowed their dyno dist with MSD. The only difference it made was above the points bounce area. Eventually made 825HP at 7400 rpm....but at 6800-6900 there was no difference over the points.
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