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| | | Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 42 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 42 | I was looking at stuff to bring my old dizzy up to snuff and Summit Racing offered a Summit Racing® Blueprinted HEI Distributor during my browsing. The price for a whole new unit looks attractive and it looks like it will bolt right in. If I understand the ad correctly this unit will need a coil & set of wires to take advantage of its features. I already had bought a Pertonix unit (which would now be surplus) along with the coil & wires to go with it.
Are these Summit Racing® Blueprinted HEI Distributor good reliable units?
Can I use the Flamethrower coil & special wires bought already with it or does it need something else?
Vintage Paul
Paul O'Neil, SoCal
1951 Chevy 3600 Project
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 2,190 Insomniac | | Insomniac Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 2,190 | Just to be sure, this is the one you are talking about? HEI DistributorThe coil comes with the unit (it's built into the distributor cap), so you don't need that. HEI uses different terminal ends from stock distributor, so I suppose you need new set of wires.
Gord 🇨🇦
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,440 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,440 | Outside of an all out race motor, what would be the advantage of a Blueprinted HEI? Read my thread on HEI conversions. Look up the seller I listed and compare product and price. Save yourself some $.ðŸ›
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 42 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 42 | Just to be sure, this is the one you are talking about? HEI DistributorThe coil comes with the unit (it's built into the distributor cap), so you don't need that. HEI uses different terminal ends from stock distributor, so I suppose you need new set of wires. Yup, that is the one I was referring to. It looks like the one on Amazon so I will move further Qs over to the other thread.
Vintage Paul
Paul O'Neil, SoCal
1951 Chevy 3600 Project
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,771 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,771 | Having used lots of basically stock HEI's on "Claimer Class" round track engines where we were required to run "stock-appearing" parts, I learned quite a few sneaky tricks about GM HEI distributors. Fact #1- - - - -a totally stock HEI is good to around 5500 RPM before it begins to spark-scatter and make an engine miss. That's WAY above the speed any sane stovebolter expects his glorified tractor engine to run. Fact #2- - - - -with some VERY inexpensive tinkering I can make that same distributor go to 7K+ RPM with complete reliability- - - - -no horrendously expensive parts required.
Anybody who's interested in HEI go-fast tricks, just drop me a PM- - - - -I'll be glad to share what I've learned. - - - - -and I've got the race winnings to prove it!
Jerry
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