HEI Distributor
Jun 8, 2016 | 11:26 AM
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HEI Distributor
How can you tell a HEI dist from a regular one?
Last edited by mpro71vette; Jun 8, 2016 at 11:42 AM .
Jun 8, 2016 | 11:42 AM
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its bigger is the most visually obvious thing
Jun 8, 2016 | 11:44 AM
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its bigger is the most visually obvious thing
I have a bigger one but it has a coil on top, is that an HEI?
Jun 8, 2016 | 12:25 PM
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coil is on top on the HEI. male terminals for plug wires on the cap. no window for adjusting point dwell. pop the cap and you'll see the ignition module where points would be and an 8 tooth pickup.
Jun 8, 2016 | 12:27 PM
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mpro72vette
I have a bigger one but it has a coil on top, is that an HEI?
Yes, that's the HEI.
Jun 8, 2016 | 12:29 PM
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coil is on top on the HEI. male terminals for plug wires on the cap. no window for adjusting point dwell. pop the cap and you'll see the ignition module where points would be and an 8 tooth pickup.
Thanks Guys!!
Can you recurve an HEI?
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Jun 8, 2016 | 02:33 PM
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Yes, you can ask the member, Lars, in post #5 above for his paper on how to do it
v8fastcars@msn.com
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Jun 8, 2016 | 02:35 PM
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Yes, you can ask the member, Lars, in post #5 above for his paper on how to do it
v8fastcars@msn.com
Yes, Lars is sending me his papers.
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