theFightingFew
Always Learning/1975 Valiant Custom/1974 Valiant
Well I finally squirrelled together the last of the components to do me up the HEI conversion... Just gotta run and get some electrical connectors and away we go.
Can you post what parts you are using as I want to upgrade the ignition on my daughter 63 valiant wagon....
Hey Rusty, I have a set of those extra fancy LiveWires I harvested from my '74 Valiant that the previous owner put on... and took these guys off the '75 that I'm doing this conversion on that I've been running since I acquired the car... I'm putting these in my original parts storage box... I like the way they look!What plug wires are you using?
Yes - original unit that came with the engine/car (though I do not know if it is the original one "from" the car - I don't know how to read codes yet) - this is from when i took it out last year after acquiring the car to clean it up a bit, check the reluctor gap and drop some oil on the felt... it still seems to be functioning wellIs the distributor a stock mopar /6 unit?
Yes! I did that... Forgot to put that in the notes. Gapped at 45. Thanks.Don't forget to open up your spark plug gaps
Cool man... Now that I got it all work'n you've inspired me to get a bit crafty with it!You can make it "cool" looking if you use your imagination.
Yes - maybe not that one specifically but... In any case I read/saw somewhere that some control modules emit different frequencies/wavelength (or some other kind of magic) so I was reluctant getting the whole package just to have to swap out the control module anyway. Since this way my first HEI install I opted to follow the recipe @slantsixdan posted over on slantsix.org with the parts he mentioned as I felt it was a safe and thoroughly researched path forward.Did you see this?
"worked better" or "fit" better? Worked - no as long as wiring was correct it would be the same. Fit - no it still would have hit the fin and if i remember correctly was more misaligned due to the inside corners of the module being at a further distance from the mounting holes.would the Hei module have worked better
would the Hei module have worked better if you flipped it over ? So the connectors are pointing toward the coil.
I should send you a gold Pentastar to stick on that big glaring "GM"! Nice work.
Here is the GM 5 pin HEI hack: "5 pin HEI module out of an '80 Oldsmobile Toronado w/ 307 or 350 engine, works just like a "regular" 4 pin HEI module, but ground the 5th pin and it will retard crank timing 5 degrees" Another states 5 pin HEI "Used on early non-efi HEI vehicles for detonation control such as 1980 Pontiac TransAm Turbo (301 olds), retards BY 10 deg when 5th pin is grounded" eg. Standard Motor Products #LX-330 (?)
Ha! I know... Everytime I look at it I get a twinge of pain... Like when you have a small metal filing stuck in your finger you just can't seem to it dig out but you know it's there.I should send you a gold Pentastar to stick on that big glaring "GM"! Nice work.