H.E.I Distributor on a ford, who's got em?

biggyfan1

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hey guys im looking for a new Distributor and im liking the price of the H.E.I Distributors. and on top of that its got every thing you need right there on it with less wiring and no ignition box. i know it is a GM thing but now a Ford after market kinda thing. what do you guys think. Ebay new in box MSD HEI Distributors 50k volts are like 88 bucks. not to bad so whats up with them

 

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Pertronix offers an HEI. It works well. Do not fail to replace the resistor wire if you choose their unit.

 

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Rapid said:

Pertronix offers an HEI. It works well. Do not fail to replace the resistor wire if you choose their unit.

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What he said... I have the exact same one and I love it.

 

biggyfan1

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what wire is that?

 

thehueypilot

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I have just bought my second unit for a 351W and never had any issues with any of them. I bought mine from DUI out of TN. The wire they are talking about is a resistor wire on the ignition switch that limits the voltage going to the distributor (for old points set up). You will need the full 12 volts to run an HEI system.

 

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personally, not a fan of HEI. I like using a duraspark distributor to trigger an MSD box. Simple and reliable, all the ignition system you could ever need.

 

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I have a Davis Unified Ignition, its great very simple to install and very reliable. I have contact information in my shop if you are interested. It will run you around 250 but well worth the monney. They build the ignition to match your cam specs and what have you, and they have great coustomer service. I put one on my 67,and their screeming demon coil kit on the F150, and on the Cobra. I love it.

 

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mustangdave

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Where did you see the for $88? Link?

 

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its probably one of the imported knock-off HEI's, I see those on there sometime in that price range. I would question the quality.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SB-F...058317391QQcategoryZ33573QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

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Hard to run a monte carlo bar with that. I think I'll stick to my Duraspark and MSD 6AL.

 

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I like mine but I had to chang my intake for it to fit.It fits the airgap intakes but knot the weind 8011 action plus so if have that intake dont get hei.

 

thehueypilot

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I'm running the HEI on an "AirGap" and a "VictorJr".

 

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i'm running the duraspark disty with the gm hei module. got the idea from this site: http://www.carbdford.com/tech/HEI/hei.htm

the best part about it was the price. 54 bucks for a new disty, 17 bucks for a hei module, and 20 bucks for a new coil. i put the hei module in a box from radio shack with a heat sink on it, so no one can even tell that i'm running a chebby ignition system.

 

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thehueypilot said:

I have just bought my second unit for a 351W and never had any issues with any of them. I bought mine from DUI out of TN. The wire they are talking about is a resistor wire on the ignition switch that limits the voltage going to the distributor (for old points set up). You will need the full 12 volts to run an HEI system.

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Have been running my Davis Unified for over 8 years. these guys are great to deal with. I don't care what any body say about MSD, coils , blah blah blah. have you ever let one of those units sit for one or two years, never firing it up. place a battery on it, and cross your fingers and hope it fires. even if itwas brand new equip. when you garaged it. EVERYBODY out there knows what I'm talking about. try a Davis Unified, one and a half years at a body shop. sitting there taking there time, free storage, put a new battery in and fire right up! EVERYTIME!!! still the same unit. changed rotor,cap, and wires. that's it!! have one for my 67 p/u with a 390FE also. Waaay before petronix and msd getting in the hei for ford game.

 

SoCalCruising

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I have DUI. Issues are:
Stealth intake needed a little clearancing on runner to #1
cylinder.
Limited air cleaner choices: Davis says 13" will work - not in my car. I'm using an 11" K&N with extreme top. It has a raised base of 3/4 inches and hood clearance is only about .100". I will be switching to another ignition so that I can use a drop base air cleaner. Reason: I want to install a carb spacer to help with an off-idle lean condition. All of the carb mods have been done, but there is still a little stumble that I may be able to get rid of with the spacer.
As delivered, the return springs on the DUI were too soft and did not return the mech adv adequately - were replaced with stronger springs and now works fine.
I ditched the vac advance in favor of 16* initial and 36* overall. The motor likes it.
On the plus side:
Perf Dist tech help and customer service are very good.
Dist fires nicely.

 

biggyfan1

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ok well i have a EDL performer RPM intake so will i have problems with fitment.

 

SoCalCruising

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Probably not. I corrected my Stealth with just a hand file, so it's no big deal anyway. If I had wanted to clock the distributor differently, wouldn't have had to do anything.

 

hhead

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SoCalCruising said:

Probably not. I corrected my Stealth with just a hand file, so it's no big deal anyway. If I had wanted to clock the distributor differently, wouldn't have had to do anything.

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indexed mine to have adjustability for the vaccum advance. run performer rpm intake. curved monte carlo bar. yes, you will have to run a smaller air filter. Ford Racing puts out a smaller round filter assembly. the previous post about stumbling and the spacer? I would get that carb situation fixed. jetting is the correct way to fix a lean rich condition, and correct set up of your carb. don't use a band aid to fix a problem.

 

SoCalCruising

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hhead: Thanks. The 3-circuit metering block helped quite a lot. I was, in fact, asked if I wanted to jet up. The trade-off was that it would would run rich at lower RPMs, but would help the problem. If the plenums were just a bit larger, I might not have a starvation issue at off-idle, at all. That's why I will try a spacer. This problem seems related to cam timing. If I had a bit smaller cam, all would likely be fine. A switch to a single plane intake would probably do the trick, too, but I am resisting that step. The tuner I am using is very experienced in all types of cars (circle track, drag, street, blah, blah, blah), so I will follow his advice a bit longer. Thanks again for the advice.

 

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One thing we do in the Pontiac camp is to take a points-type distributor and convert it to HEI. Several people do this quite well- Dave's Small Body conversions is one. Nice adantage is it gets the coil out of the cap.