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Yes you can use an HEI module, if its a good one, and if you can keep it relatively cool.
Same as the Chrysler ECU, make sure you can obtain a backup for the one you chose. A lot of junk out there these days.
HEI controls the current to the coil. So no ballast resistor is used at all.
 
good comprehensive info, thanks guys! that is enough to let me make an informed decision. My plan of attack is to go lighter than everyone else. I will come in way less than the chebbies out there. RR
 
Get them Chebbies.....

HEI module can be mounted on an alum heat sink under or on the side of the dist. Keeps it neat, wires short.
 
Bewy said:
Get them Chebbies.....

HEI module can be mounted on an alum heat sink under or on the side of the dist. Keeps it neat, wires short.
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So far, I've only seen one HEI install clean enough for me to call it neat and that's the one from @TrailBeast and I don't think he's doin it anymore.
 
never had a problem with mopar ignition, not even the lean burn deal but never ran a mopar on dirt! on a dirt track car i like the HEI for price and durability and simplicity and parts availability!
 
dirty white boy said:
never had a problem with mopar ignition, not even the lean burn deal but never ran a mopar on dirt! on a dirt track car i like the HEI for price and durability and simplicity and parts availability!
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All I can say is, when "about" the only problem an ignition has is that it's so hot you need to carry a spare rotor because it burns through the center of them and GROUNDS OUT, it's a pretty hot ignition.
 
Mattax said:
No, Yes.
Its bypassed with the start ignition circuit. Voltage is already low during start.
It's in the coil feed in the running ignition circuit. As it cools off at higher car speeds (with more air exhange in the engine compartment) it resistance goes down a little compared with the car stopped. The resistor's job is to keep the coil from getting excessively hot. With the correct resistor a coil will be saturated in time for the next spark.
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Thanks, LOL.. I didn’t think I’d get answered but I left it more so for food for thought. Good answer though! I like it.
 

RustyRatRod said:
All I can say is, when "about" the only problem an ignition has is that it's so hot you need to carry a spare rotor because it burns through the center of them and GROUNDS OUT, it's a pretty hot ignition.
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It was those dang black rotors that was the problem. The white ones that replaced the black rotors were much more reliable. Other colors have been used over the years but not black because of the reputation for burn through the original rotors had. Recently I have noticed a manufacturer that is using the color black for their hei rotors. I think either they are unaware of the reputation black rotors had or they figure it has been long enough that no one remembers. I had to laugh a little when I removed the cap and saw the black rotor.
 
dirty white boy said:
10 million chebbys cant be all wrong! clean and easy one wire install, 2 wires if you wanta tach!! and lives in many many dirt track cars doing same thing all round the world!
HEI Distributor, Chrysler 318/360 V8, Red
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Ahhhhhh…the old “there are so many it must be good” theory.

Not really. Like the small block Chevy, GM produced a piece of garbage and the aftermarket spent many, many times more R&D on that junk than GM did.

Mass production doesn’t mean quality. Or even a good product. It just means a lot of **** was made and the consumer would rather have **** than a donut. Damn near every time.
 
Rat Bastid said:
Ahhhhhh…the old “there are so many it must be good” theory.

Not really. Like the small block Chevy, GM produced a piece of garbage and the aftermarket spent many, many times more R&D on that junk than GM did.

Mass production doesn’t mean quality. Or even a good product. It just means a lot of **** was made and the consumer would rather have **** than a donut. Damn near every time.
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Ahhhhhh...the old "people would rather have **** than a donut. Damn near every time. " theory.
 
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RustyRatRod said:
Yeah yeah. 10 million if you count GM products. I caint really argue since I have a real big cap GM HEI in my Ford 400.
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I wouldn't run a GM product on my moped. lol
The mopar system is all you need for a street/strip deal.
Have both the chrome and gold box mounted in the car, has been a reliable system for years.
 
I do have a new dist that I bought from a guy on here & it had the plate to mount an HEI module under the dist which I kinda like. My racing partner wrecked our 74 dart & it had a 7&1/4 with welded spiders which I didn't know if it would hold up but in my quest to be lighter we tried it & it held up great so it is going into the 63 dart. big issue now is ex manifold choice on the drivers side. a pair of ones I see that will likely work (with ~2&1/2 outlets) for sale here are 7 or 8 hundred iirc but they say in racing "how do you make a small fortune in racing", you start racing with a large fortune. RR
 
Crane HI-6 and PS-92 coil unless you can find an old MSD 10. I think FAST took over production of the Crane ignitions and Daytona looks to do them as well. It wouldn't surprise me if Daytona does them for FAST. Daytona does one also with a programmable ignition curve which would be my ultimate choice.
 
92b said:
It was those dang black rotors that was the problem. The white ones that replaced the black rotors were much more reliable. Other colors have been used over the years but not black because of the reputation for burn through the original rotors had. Recently I have noticed a manufacturer that is using the color black for their hei rotors. I think either they are unaware of the reputation black rotors had or they figure it has been long enough that no one remembers. I had to laugh a little when I removed the cap and saw the black rotor.
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Whenever I used or use Blue Streak stuff, I've never had a failure. You could break somebody's skull open with one of those distributor caps.
 
Hysteric said:
Crane HI-6 and PS-92 coil unless you can find an old MSD 10. I think FAST took over production of the Crane ignitions and Daytona looks to do them as well. It wouldn't surprise me if Daytona does them for FAST. Daytona does one also with a programmable ignition curve which would be my ultimate choice.
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You’ll never believe this! But this is 100%. One of the engineers of Crane retired around the corner from me. He designed that ignition. Very nice fella. I stopped at his house while he was taking a delivery of a MGB convertible.
 
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