Originally Posted by Hotrod Lincoln
Putting that HEI module inside a steel box is roughly equivalent to baking it in an oven- - - - -it will eventually cook itself due to lack of ventilation. I like to use a finned aluminum heat sink to mount solid state switching devices, and hide them under the dash or somewhere else out of sight, with good airflow around them.

Deve's kit comes with a heatsink and a 3"x5" steel plate to mount the heatsink to. He suggested mounting the plate on the passenger's side inner fender panel, but said some had mounted the HEI module and heatsink inside a voltage regulator box. Click here to see how I did it.


Originally Posted by Hotrod Lincoln
A more commonly available and less expensive trigger device than the MOPAR pickup coil would be the 6 cylinder HEI pickup, with a simple triangular piece of steel mounted to the distributor shaft to generate the sine wave to turn the module on and off. There are lots of them available on Ebay, and their signal is exactly what the HEI module is designed to function with.

Jerry

Mine has been working since 2015 without a problem.

'57 GMC 102, Original 347 V8, HydraMatic, 3.08 rear gear, added A/C, disk front brakes, HEI, AFB carb, '98 Honda Black Currant paint. T-boned and totaled 10/12
'52 GMC 152 Stake Bed, Original 228, SM420, added A/C, HEI, disk front brakes, '67 Chev 3.55 rear gear. Gets used as a real truck.