ron17t
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Post by ron17t on Aug 14, 2018 21:27:36 GMT -5
If its always run good with an HEI why change It to points? I think that was just an internally shorted coil. I saw something similar on a cheap externally mounted coil from autozone
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Post by dean88 on Aug 14, 2018 21:47:28 GMT -5
Because I dont like components that fail without warning. I run points on all of my SBCs and minus having to maintenance them unlike an HEI, I never have any ignition problems out if them.
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Post by STROMI 121 on Aug 15, 2018 7:27:58 GMT -5
Run what you are comfortable with. Im a diehard HEI man.
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mopar17
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Post by mopar17 on Aug 15, 2018 15:59:34 GMT -5
Run what you are comfortable with. Im a diehard HEI man. The simplicity is what I love.....basically a plug and go deal, not much tinkering. I used to always be a points guy and I’m still not opposed but a good HEI setup I’ll take over points nowadays. |
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Post by dean88 on Aug 15, 2018 16:34:28 GMT -5
I love HEI on my mudtruck and one day I'll put HEI on my scout because I hate setting points in that thing, but for some reason I've always liked points, especially on Fomoco stuff where there isnr a junkyard HEI option.
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Post by dean88 on Apr 22, 2019 20:21:51 GMT -5
The mystery has been solved. That's the electrode from a broken rotor. When I let a buddy borrow the motor, he broke the distributor cap when he ran it. This little guy was nestled under the bottom of the distributor under the rotor and was really hard to see. It ended up frying a second hei coil that I had on it in about 30 seconds of driving it around the house.  |
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Post by bluecrew72 on Apr 23, 2019 16:15:47 GMT -5
Glad you found the cause.... Untill last year I have never had a GM HEI coil go bad... on my built motor I decided to upgrade the cap, rotor, and module to Davis Unified components. Ran great for a couple races then last year I ran a heat, needed minimal work for feature, went to bring it track side, got half way and died, went through everything and realized it was a no spark situation, through a new cap on fired right up. Got home and noticed the screw with wire was loose holding the coil down, tightened up still didn't work... go figure, just so happen to not use 1970's vintage components and poof
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