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Any experience with cheap knockoff HEI distributors?

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  • Start date Start date May 9, 2005

66 BLAKE 96

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Like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7960935285&category=33690

I'm sure MSD is the way to go if I have a ton to spend or if I'm really trying to get the best 1/4 time possible. The reality is that my engine build is already going over budget, and the thought of putting this old Pertronix-converted single point distributor into my new carb'd 5.0 just rubs me the wrong way. Would something like this ebay cheapie do the job until I can throw $400-500 at MSD stuff a few years down the road or is it junk?

I posted this in the classics forum, but then figured that you guys might be more informed on a part like this. Thanks in advance for your input.
 

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You could get a distibutor for an 85 5-speed car and wire it up to a GM HEI module. Thats what I did on my carbed vert. Its pretty easy. Distributor was like $50 from NAPA and another $15 for the module.
 
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