How did you run your HEI plug wires? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

skokie · 10-23-2006, 01:56 AM

I am going to install my HEI distributor tomorrow and I can see some issues with running the plug wires. If you have #1 on the front right corner terminal it looks like you will have a issue running #2s plug wire. Is it better to have #1 on the front left instead? Any suggestions?
Thanks

IvelDesigns · 10-23-2006, 02:32 AM

i'd have to go double check, but i'm pretty sure i ran my with 1 in the front driver side. I used a set of NAPA brand wires, and it is a 283 if that helps.

skokie · 10-23-2006, 11:07 AM

So facing the dizzy that the right front. HMM if I go that route then #2 is going to have to be wrapped around the back of the dizzy then go down to the wire loom. Forgot to mention I am running ram horns on the 350 so I am going down and around with the wires.

woodridge · 10-23-2006, 11:23 AM

Wires for a 75-80 vette work very well, they were routed just like the trucks and are HEI.

skokie · 10-23-2006, 11:28 AM

Yep I got the wires for a 78. But how do you route that #2 wire? All the others are pretty simple just having problems with #2

Thanks

1972gasser · 10-23-2006, 12:00 PM

On my 400 I used un-cut wires on my HEI and routed them using moroso wire clips on edge of valve covers with a heat proof zip tie at the point where they split to the cylinders between the header pipes I'm running straight plug 2.02 heads. wires are accell race 8mm

skokie · 10-23-2006, 05:08 PM

I think I have enough wire to go around the back. I will have to check tonight. Lets hope so

I wanna get my truck running.

**VetteVet** · 10-23-2006, 09:43 PM

This thread in the FAQS may be of some help.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=191592

Here is a pic that I found.

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woodridge · 10-23-2006, 11:14 PM

One thing to remember is you don't have to start #1 where the book shows, you can move the order one direction or the other to make the wires work just remember to set the dizzy to line up with where you put #1.

skokie · 10-23-2006, 11:41 PM

Thanks VetteVet that is what I needed. Sorry but I am a visual kinda guy sometimes

I NEED TO SEE IT LOL Woodridge I was told that as well and was about to try it if I could not figure it out. Thanks for all the help guys. Greatly appreciated.

Also who's engine is that? Looks good. Are those shorty headers?

skokie · 10-24-2006, 01:38 AM

Ok its all done. Hei is installed and wires are run. I barely touched that key and it fired right up. I was at 5-6 degrees and I adjusted it to 8 degrees then let it warm up. After that I turned it to 10 degrees and its purring. My wires are not as neat as the pic above but its working. What kind of wire looms are those? Kinda hard to see in the pic.

casterbuster · 10-24-2006, 09:16 PM

I make all of my own wires...

10-23-2006, 11:07 AM	#3
skokie Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: San Jose Ca. Posts: 3,354	Re: How did you run your HEI plug wires? So facing the dizzy that the right front. HMM if I go that route then #2 is going to have to be wrapped around the back of the dizzy then go down to the wire loom. Forgot to mention I am running ram horns on the 350 so I am going down and around with the wires. __________________ RIP to my son Dylan. 5/17/2002 - 8/18/2018 If you want to know more about rare forms of pediatric cancer or if you want to help fund pediatric cancer research, please check out the website for the non-profit I started. https://slothforpedcancer.org 68 build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=223234 Last edited by skokie; 10-23-2006 at 11:12 AM.

10-23-2006, 11:23 AM	#4
woodridge Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Maynardville, Tn Posts: 3,030	Re: How did you run your HEI plug wires? Wires for a 75-80 vette work very well, they were routed just like the trucks and are HEI. __________________ SEMA Network- Protect our Hobby! 71 C30 in pieces, starting to come together. Click here for A Place For Tennessee Truck Enthusiest To Meet

10-23-2006, 11:28 AM	#5
skokie Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: San Jose Ca. Posts: 3,354	Re: How did you run your HEI plug wires? Yep I got the wires for a 78. But how do you route that #2 wire? All the others are pretty simple just having problems with #2 Thanks __________________ RIP to my son Dylan. 5/17/2002 - 8/18/2018 If you want to know more about rare forms of pediatric cancer or if you want to help fund pediatric cancer research, please check out the website for the non-profit I started. https://slothforpedcancer.org 68 build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=223234

10-23-2006, 12:00 PM	#6
1972gasser Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Plano,Tx Posts: 13	Re: How did you run your HEI plug wires? On my 400 I used un-cut wires on my HEI and routed them using moroso wire clips on edge of valve covers with a heat proof zip tie at the point where they split to the cylinders between the header pipes I'm running straight plug 2.02 heads. wires are accell race 8mm

10-23-2006, 05:08 PM	#7
skokie Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: San Jose Ca. Posts: 3,354	Re: How did you run your HEI plug wires? I think I have enough wire to go around the back. I will have to check tonight. Lets hope so I wanna get my truck running. __________________ RIP to my son Dylan. 5/17/2002 - 8/18/2018 If you want to know more about rare forms of pediatric cancer or if you want to help fund pediatric cancer research, please check out the website for the non-profit I started. https://slothforpedcancer.org 68 build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=223234

10-23-2006, 01:56 AM	#1
skokie Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: San Jose Ca. Posts: 3,354	How did you run your HEI plug wires? I am going to install my HEI distributor tomorrow and I can see some issues with running the plug wires. If you have #1 on the front right corner terminal it looks like you will have a issue running #2s plug wire. Is it better to have #1 on the front left instead? Any suggestions? Thanks __________________ RIP to my son Dylan. 5/17/2002 - 8/18/2018 If you want to know more about rare forms of pediatric cancer or if you want to help fund pediatric cancer research, please check out the website for the non-profit I started. https://slothforpedcancer.org 68 build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=223234

10-23-2006, 02:32 AM	#2
IvelDesigns Commander Taco Bello Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 2,232	Re: How did you run your HEI plug wires? i'd have to go double check, but i'm pretty sure i ran my with 1 in the front driver side. I used a set of NAPA brand wires, and it is a 283 if that helps. __________________ Bagged '50 3600 - Bumper punchin' road kill since 2009... Bagged '69 C10 Longbed - Bumper punchin' road kill since 2007... Last edited by IvelDesigns; 10-23-2006 at 02:32 AM.

10-23-2006, 09:43 PM	#8
VetteVet Msgt USAF Ret Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 8,718	Re: How did you run your HEI plug wires? This thread in the FAQS may be of some help. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=191592 Here is a pic that I found. -------------------------------------------------------------- Attached Images __________________ VetteVet metallic green 67 stepside 74 corvette convertible 1965 Harley sportster 1995 Harley wide glide Growing old is hell, but it beats the alternative. Last edited by VetteVet; 10-23-2006 at 10:00 PM.

10-23-2006, 11:14 PM	#9
woodridge Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Maynardville, Tn Posts: 3,030	Re: How did you run your HEI plug wires? One thing to remember is you don't have to start #1 where the book shows, you can move the order one direction or the other to make the wires work just remember to set the dizzy to line up with where you put #1. __________________ SEMA Network- Protect our Hobby! 71 C30 in pieces, starting to come together. Click here for A Place For Tennessee Truck Enthusiest To Meet

10-23-2006, 11:41 PM	#10
skokie Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: San Jose Ca. Posts: 3,354	Re: How did you run your HEI plug wires? Thanks VetteVet that is what I needed. Sorry but I am a visual kinda guy sometimes I NEED TO SEE IT LOL Woodridge I was told that as well and was about to try it if I could not figure it out. Thanks for all the help guys. Greatly appreciated. Also who's engine is that? Looks good. Are those shorty headers? __________________ RIP to my son Dylan. 5/17/2002 - 8/18/2018 If you want to know more about rare forms of pediatric cancer or if you want to help fund pediatric cancer research, please check out the website for the non-profit I started. https://slothforpedcancer.org 68 build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=223234 Last edited by skokie; 10-23-2006 at 11:42 PM.

10-24-2006, 01:38 AM	#11
skokie Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: San Jose Ca. Posts: 3,354	Re: How did you run your HEI plug wires? Ok its all done. Hei is installed and wires are run. I barely touched that key and it fired right up. I was at 5-6 degrees and I adjusted it to 8 degrees then let it warm up. After that I turned it to 10 degrees and its purring. My wires are not as neat as the pic above but its working. What kind of wire looms are those? Kinda hard to see in the pic. __________________ RIP to my son Dylan. 5/17/2002 - 8/18/2018 If you want to know more about rare forms of pediatric cancer or if you want to help fund pediatric cancer research, please check out the website for the non-profit I started. https://slothforpedcancer.org 68 build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=223234

10-24-2006, 09:16 PM	#12
casterbuster Mejor Que Nada Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: texas Posts: 232	Re: How did you run your HEI plug wires? I make all of my own wires... __________________ The only thing that separates "Dreams" from "Reality" is TIME and MONEY!!!

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