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| | | | Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 230 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 230 | hey guy's i know the topic of hei wiring has been wrung out like a dog with a bone ,but here's one i could not find any thing about in the search section .say you have a 61 gmc ,point ignition .has a resister wire in the harness ,what will happen if you put a stock gm hei in it as is ?would you have to do any thing to circumvent the resister wire ? just curious .i put one in without doing any thing to the wiring . | | | | | Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 207 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 207 | i put a HEI in my '73 and took out the resistor and used that wire to power a relay then battery power to the relay with a fuse then to the HEI. the resistor will make the HEI not get enough power. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | Ive seen them run using the resister wire but it's not good. I tie into the pink wire on the back of the ign. switch & run a 12 gauge wire to the HEI.
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