HEI replacement
Safety Car
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From: Saratoga Springs NY
2024 C4 of the Year Finalist - Modified
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Your taking a chance on any of them. But they are pretty simple units. Go to summitracing.com and look at the warranty and reviews. Then pick one.
Drifting
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From: Ashland PA
2021 C4 of the Year - Modified Finalist
I have had good luck so far with this distributor
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/d...ette/year/1990
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/d...ette/year/1990
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From: Apollo Beach. Fla
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Melting Slicks
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From: Meriden CT
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Drifting
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I have a few of these distributors from junk yards but the plastic parts that go thru the side housing are open and I dont really want to "goop" it up with RTV. I think one of the harnesses you can buy.... the one with the capacitor but the other one iam SOL. You would think with as many GM HEI cars out there someone would make parts for restoration.
Melting Slicks
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Oh, I think I saw this in another thread. Man I wouldn't buy a new distributor just for that. I think in the other thread someone mentioned "The Right Stuff", and believe me, that stuff is the right stuff to use. It'll only cost you $10 or $12 and do the same thing as the missing stuff.Use the money elsewhere in the build. Good luck!
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Drifting
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Never used right stuff BUT I have read on the electronics forums that you should never use RTV on bare wiring (which I have at the connector) There is a chemical in RTV that reacts with the copper wiring. So I am not sure whats in right stuff but I might try a sample of it.
Melting Slicks
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From: Meriden CT
Never used right stuff BUT I have read on the electronics forums that you should never use RTV on bare wiring (which I have at the connector) There is a chemical in RTV that reacts with the copper wiring. So I am not sure whats in right stuff but I might try a sample of it.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Meriden CT
Never used right stuff BUT I have read on the electronics forums that you should never use RTV on bare wiring (which I have at the connector) There is a chemical in RTV that reacts with the copper wiring. So I am not sure whats in right stuff but I might try a sample of it.
Last edited by SH-60B; Jan 10, 2023 at 08:23 AM.