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Monty · 07-06-2011, 06:27 PM

if you are installing HEI, you need to run a new 10 or 12 gauge wire from the IGN terminal on the fuse block to the distributer. the factory wire will not support the added load the HEI puts on the circuit.

Summit and Year One sell a new replacement wire for this. Year One part # 00510

07-06-2011, 06:27 PM	#4
Monty Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Montana Posts: 78	Re: 72 Ignition wiring gets hot if you are installing HEI, you need to run a new 10 or 12 gauge wire from the IGN terminal on the fuse block to the distributer. the factory wire will not support the added load the HEI puts on the circuit. Summit and Year One sell a new replacement wire for this. Year One part # 00510