HEI Donor for in line 6
 

I am interested in doing this to my truck, want to go pointless i was wondering if anyone know of a good donor year model and make of vehicle that would work great on my 292...
thanks
victor

Re: HEI Donor for in line 6
 

You could also consider a Pertronix 1162A. Keep the original look, with the reliability of electronics.

Re: HEI Donor for in line 6
 

I just put a Skip White HEI on my 230. They're on for 69 bucks on ebay. I now have a pertronix dizzy and coil to give away to a new home. If you're interested pm me.

Re: HEI Donor for in line 6
 

I found a 1981'ish 3/4 ton with a 292 that had the factory HEI unit. I put it in my 66 w/ a 250, and worked great, just ran a new feed wire from fuse panel, and away we went...

Re: HEI Donor for in line 6
 

I've used mid-70s applications...

Re: HEI Donor for in line 6
 

I found a 77 nova 2 door with a 250 that donated up for my '64 230 I- 6
One of the major improvements that you can make for cheep.:chevy:

Re: HEI Donor for in line 6
 

The HEI from any GM I-6 with a 4 wire connector will work. Started in 73 as an option on Olds, all cars had them in 74, pickups in 75. You want one with a vacuum advance, which was into the 80's. Whatever you use, if you want performance, you will want to recurve. These distributors are getting hard to find, and are commanding a premium price. The last one I bought was $25, but that was over 10 years ago.

Biggest issue I have is with the large cap. Somewhere I had an article on converting a small cap from a 2.8L v6, but I cannot find it.

Re: HEI Donor for in line 6
 

I have an HEI from my 292 I pulled.
I'll take some pics if anyone is interested.

Re: HEI Donor for in line 6
 

[QUOTE=Fred T;4011147]The HEI from any GM I-6 with a 4 wire connector will work. Started in 73 as an option on Olds, all cars had them in 74, pickups in 75. You want one with a vacuum advance, which was into the 80's. Whatever you use, if you want performance, you will want to recurve. These distributors are getting hard to find, and are commanding a premium price. The last one I bought was $25, but that was over 10 years ago.

Fred, Will these years of HEI's work in a '62 235 also?

Re: HEI Donor for in line 6
 

I went the pertronics route. I've never looked back. It costs about as much as a used HEI distributor and works twice as good. I was trying to set up the timing on my 250 and was 180 degrees off. The backfire with my pertronics setup was twice as loud and violent as that of the factory HEI distributor I put in there. Its amazing the difference. Go pertronix, just my 2 cents....

Re: HEI Donor for in line 6
 

some more options:

http://www.lindertech.com/bhrs/services.htm

http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/hei_conversion.htm

http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/HEI_mini.html

Re: HEI Donor for in line 6
 

x2 plus it was as easy as changing the points I set it and..... forget
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