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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 05:51 AM
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my 1991 corvete has e stock distributor, is it possibile/hard to replace it with HEI distributor ?

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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 06:27 AM
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No need to replace the dist, just do the cap.

I installed a HyperTech Coil/cap/rotor combo; it puts out 54kV up to around 6k RPM whereas our stock unit rolls off around 5k RPM.
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Originally Posted by ndanl
my 1991 corvete has e stock distributor, is it possibile/hard to replace it with HEI distributor ?

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Your stock dizzy, is a HEI distributor.
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 11:26 AM
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your stock distributor has a 7 pin module in it. Be sure if you change it, you get a module for your car that has 7 pins. The Module controls the coil saturation and provides computer information for engine timing..
Other than that, get a higher voltage coil, better cap, etc.
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ok, I found some kits on summitracing but my cap is mounted with screws, see pic, how can I mount the cap from these kits ?

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or can I buy only the coil ? like this one ?
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-850011/?rtype=10

I have a new cap, rotor, 7 pin ignition module and all, just the coil is the old one
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