First cup here!
Stop in for a cup of coffee
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Morning Ray.
Ray I was looking at
Mopar HEI Conversion
for the mount for the hei module. Is that the one you would use?
Mopar HEI Conversion
for the mount for the hei module. Is that the one you would use?
Nice unit a PIA on a small block though if you ever have to change it out.
Oh yeah one thing they don't tell you to do is drill at least one drain hole back in to drain the condensation out of the distributor though. No biggie!
Its either that or I can take a scrap piece of 1/2" 6061 aluminum and fab a heat sink to remote mount.
Morning.
Cold this morning. At least the ground is starting to freeze.
Cold this morning. At least the ground is starting to freeze.
One thing I have ran into helping guys out the distrib has to have a good ground, the OEM pick up does not need one but the HEI has to have one or you will fry the modules out . Just FYI I recommend a metal dual point crush gasket to do it easily.
Heat sink really is not a big deal if it is in the air. Just make sure whatever you mount it to is a good clean ground and use dialectric compound all over the metal plate on the bottom of the HEI unit.
Makes sense, as distributor isnt intended to be grounded. The clamp isnt good enough. A ground strap would work.
How about a wire to ground with star washers?
I was trying to get some Mopar ecms and clean them out and mount them in and re use the plug. To big a PIA to get the guts out of them right.
Points are grounded or they will kind of rotate around the firing order if not. A pick up no is not grounded.
Thought about that too. I have a thread bookmarked that the guy did that.
Wonder if that would eventually electronically wear the shaft out if the shaft is grounded and the case is not? Prob overthinking it to much.
This ford is causing me great inconvenience. Need hoist to put winter tires on nissan. But, i dont even know where winter tires are anyway.
Think i have to get spare car out for daughter to drive. It needs winter tires too.
Think i have to get spare car out for daughter to drive. It needs winter tires too.
PIA unless you have a Bridgeport to cut the potting out and are able to save the connector.
I guess I'm getting ahead of myself, I have another week to go. I have to re-ring the engine, bought the ball hone this morning. Got to wait for the oil pan to get powdercoated then I can think about the ignition.
Got the slant motor apart yesterday think I know how the ridge happened. Surface rust on the top of the cyl walls when parked from the intake and exhaust. The bearings, grank even the Teflon bushings on the piston pins are perfect. Yes Virginia it is a six thousand mile motor!
On the pt cruisers,there is a ground strap from strut to body,aparrently to dissipate static and prevent premature strut bearing failure.
ULP...What's up?
I dont have a Bridgport but I do have a flatbed mill.
Let me know when I have some fun stuff laying around. Just that distrib I sent you should wake it up.
That and a two flutte end mill will do it then!
If you do go that route leave the transistor in and space it with a small washer like a shim to get air moving in it and it should work fine no heat sink needed, the case is aluminum on most of them.
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