HEI Distributor/coil advice please
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From: Bozeman MT
HEI Distributor/coil advice please
Looks like I need a new cap and rotor, red dust under the rotor.
Thumbing through a Summit catalog I see a couple of GM HEI tune up kits. Proform has one for $80.00 and includes cap, rotor, 50,000 volt coil, adjustable vacuum advance unit, and some other stuff. Would this be a good upgrade? or just get a new cap and rotor for $20.00. Is the more coil volts a good thing or a bad thing?
Thanks for your advice.
1978 Pace Car L48
Kev
Thumbing through a Summit catalog I see a couple of GM HEI tune up kits. Proform has one for $80.00 and includes cap, rotor, 50,000 volt coil, adjustable vacuum advance unit, and some other stuff. Would this be a good upgrade? or just get a new cap and rotor for $20.00. Is the more coil volts a good thing or a bad thing?
Thanks for your advice.
1978 Pace Car L48
Kev
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
that is the set up i am using.....but i wound up tossing the adjustable vacuum unit for a regular one that pulls at low vacuum. my next cap will be a "corrected wire set up"
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From: Bozeman MT
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About 25 years ago I put a HEI advance curve kit in a Trans Am I had, maybe I should do that here as well, but not sure if it comes with new pins, etc. Any advice would sure be appreciated.
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Your local auto parts store may have the curve kit too. If your pins aren't worn real bad the plastic bushings in the kit and the lighter springs (black or silver) should be all you need. Lars recommends you keep the stock weights. Also make sure everything is moving freely.
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