Distributor Wiring

[outback]

Okay, here's the deal.
After getting my car half way ready to paint a friend decides he wants to buy the motor out of my car and put in his. His car was a 4cyl mines a 302. No problem, so the swap went really easy, this was the first time I have ever taken on doing anything to a car by myself. I've watched a lot, but never been involved. He doesn't have the extra cash to buy an msd right now so I'm trying to work around that. He also sold the EFI to recoupe some of the money he paid me for the motor. Now that I have the motor in and everything hooked up except the ignition part, I have questions.

What is my options at this point?

I've read about taking the duraspark distributor (he has one of these out of another 302, but nothing else) and running the GM HEI module and not having to run anything other than this. Anyone heard about this, and what all is involved?

The car the motor is going into is a '88 4cyl, LX Hatch. I just want the damn thing running and out of my garage.

 

[bill302]

Terminals W & G connects to the magnetic pickup coil. NOTE: Magnetic pickup coils produce alternating current (AC), so there's no certain way the wires have to be connected.
Terminal C connects to the negative terminal (-) on the ignition coil.
Terminal B connects to the (+) battery or ignition switch and positive side (+) of the ignition coil.
The mounting holes is the ground. Fasten the module to a grounded metal part of the tractor using the mounting holes or to the negative (–) battery post.
Use female slip-on crimp-type (solderless) connectors to connect the wires to the terminals. And use minimum 14 gauge stranded wire for durability. For detailed wiring diagrams, see the two drawings below. Ê

you can screw the control module directly to your fender walls by placing screws into the 2 holes in the module and tighten down.

 

[Black1987Stang]

I like what Bill said above^^^

If you wanna do it a little cheap and easier I think you can just throw in a regular vacuum or mechanical advance distributor with an external coil and be done with it right? or do u need the duraspark for that also?

 

[rd]

For a carbed car, I would just round up some Duraspark stuff. Note that you need the steel gear on the dist, not the regular older kind. The target is an 85 Mustang GT.

Then a junkyard Duraspark box, some wiring and you are business.

 

[89lxcoupe]

i've seen people run the factory 4 cyl computer and just use a v8 distributer but it will just work on the model that had a dirtibuter some when to crank trigger and coil packs ! i've done the hei module and 85 dist before very easy !

 

[outback]

So I got a duraspark distributor, an HEI module, and TFI coil.
What do I need to hook up to make this thing work?

Thanks for the help guys.

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