New ignition???
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 157
Likes: 0
From: Huxley Iowa
New ignition???
My 80 with L-82 engine sometimes take a bit to turn over. Not excessively long but enough to sometimes worry, especially after sitting for awhile. I'm trying to find ways to remedy this. Would a new ignition and tune-up kit help this?
Something like this: http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?p...9&dept_id=1283
Something like this: http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?p...9&dept_id=1283
Team Owner
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 37,637
Likes: 3,118
From: Crossville TN
If it already has the HEI ignition distributor (it should), why would you need another distributor? All you need to do is replace the ignition module, coil/cap assembly, plug wires and spark plugs. Most likely, your primary problem is the ignition module inside the distributor.
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 157
Likes: 0
From: Huxley Iowa
If it already has the HEI ignition distributor (it should), why would you need another distributor? All you need to do is replace the ignition module, coil/cap assembly, plug wires and spark plugs. Most likely, your primary problem is the ignition module inside the distributor.
http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?p...7&dept_id=1288
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 157
Likes: 0
From: Huxley Iowa
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 157
Likes: 0
From: Huxley Iowa
I don't think the plugs have been changed in awhile. I bought the car less than a year ago. I figured they need to be replaced anyway. If that doesn't fix the problem I can continue on from there.
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Team Owner
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 38,923
Likes: 1,482
From: Southbound
Cruise-In II Veteran
Race Director
Joined: Apr 1999
Posts: 11,520
Likes: 13
From: CORVETTE 77 385 C.I. TEXAS
Team Owner
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 37,637
Likes: 3,118
From: Crossville TN
That "kit" appears to be a bit pricey to me. Just go to Advance Auto or NAPA and get new plugs, a distributor cap, an ignition module for your year car, and a 'do-it-yourself' kit of resistor plug wires (with right-angle plug connector ends, if they have them). If you are really clever, and you clean the ends of the existing plug wires after you cut off the plug-end connector, you can use a couple of wraps of plastic electrical tape to 'join' the new wire to and old one [do one at a time so you can't screw up which one you are working on....no offense meant]. Then you can pull the old one out and draw the new one into place without having to remove ALL of the chrome hardware on your engine. You will still have to take the front four wires out of the little stamped steel wire loom mounted to each side of the oil pan splitline. The tape won't feed through it. Once you have a wire in place, put the ends on it and connect it to the plug and proper spot on the cap. Give it a try. It could work! 