Anyone tried one of these HEI Distributors?

Dear kmjperformance,

Are weights and springs required to adjust the mechanical advance? If so, are they included?

Can you recommend a bottle style coil that will look stock and fit the stock coil mounting bracket on a 65 273? I can paint it black.

What spark plugs would you run with this distributor in a 1965 273? What gap?

Also, can you recommend a set of plug wires?

- jcampbelloftorrance


Dear jcampbelloftorrance,

I do believe there are weights and springs, we don't have any but Procomp Electronics might (www.procompelectronics.com) There's an MSD distributor that is similar so it may also have some that work. It requires a coil with .5-1.0 ohm primary resistance so you could go with a Pertronix one (ebay item #330586128471) or anything similar as long as it has the required primary ohm value.

Wire will need to be HEI type, we don't have any specific small block Mopar ones so you might have to buy a cut to fit set or see if there are any brands out there that do have specific ones. On the plugs you'll just have to experiment. I'd try your same ones and just gradually open the gap up. Too much and it will surge when driving steady speed. My guess is it won't be over 0.040.

Thanks
Chad

- kmjperformance