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treefrog · 09-11-2002, 06:57 PM

Is there a way to make an HEI conversion look Stock? TF

lukecp · 09-11-2002, 07:13 PM

The HEI is a stock GM product so it is stock

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MSD makes a HEI distributor with a smaller cap, but i dont think it looks like a points unit. If you want it to look original, i would go with a Pertronix kit. It replaces the points, and turns your points distruibutor into a electroic one. Their ignitor II kit costs around $100 i think. Performance would be about the same as the HEI, maybe a little better, but you can't tell that the kit is installed unless you pop off the cap.

ebfabman · 09-11-2002, 07:19 PM

treefrog, If you mean make the HEI look like the small dist cap original, not really. However there are kits available to replace the points in a pre HEI dist. The replacment makes an electronic ign out of the old point type.
There are aftermarket dist that are HEI also that have an external coil and don't have "big cap" like the stock HEI's

MSD and Accell come to mind.

ebfabman · 09-11-2002, 07:20 PM

oops. yellow72custom beat me to it, but what he said too.

09-11-2002, 06:57 PM	#1
treefrog Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN USA Posts: 189	Incognito Is there a way to make an HEI conversion look Stock? TF

09-11-2002, 07:13 PM	#2
lukecp Formerly yellow72custom Join Date: May 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 7,531	The HEI is a stock GM product so it is stock ..... MSD makes a HEI distributor with a smaller cap, but i dont think it looks like a points unit. If you want it to look original, i would go with a Pertronix kit. It replaces the points, and turns your points distruibutor into a electroic one. Their ignitor II kit costs around $100 i think. Performance would be about the same as the HEI, maybe a little better, but you can't tell that the kit is installed unless you pop off the cap. __________________ '72 Chevy C10 Mild 350/TH350/3.07. Ochre/White. Old high school ride. '70 GMC C2500 '62 327 4bbl/SM465/4.56-geared Dana 60. White/White. Project or parts truck. '97 Saturn SL DD. 1.9/5-speed. 40+ highway mpg

09-11-2002, 07:19 PM	#3
ebfabman Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Concord, NC Posts: 2,489	treefrog, If you mean make the HEI look like the small dist cap original, not really. However there are kits available to replace the points in a pre HEI dist. The replacment makes an electronic ign out of the old point type. There are aftermarket dist that are HEI also that have an external coil and don't have "big cap" like the stock HEI's MSD and Accell come to mind.

09-11-2002, 07:20 PM	#4
ebfabman Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Concord, NC Posts: 2,489	oops. yellow72custom beat me to it, but what he said too.



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