The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Engine Shop Another HEI question

Ok, so i just spent about an hour looking for the answer i am looking for, but have yet to actually find it. so here goes

I just bought my 62 C10 fleetside truck in december of 08', and after driving it for a number of weeks,(reliably mind you), she decided to retire.

i told her, "not if i have something to say about it you're not!"
so, after rebuilding the carb, swapping the heater box with one from a 66 c10 (and modifying it to make it fit), getting new plugs, cables, cap and rotor, running new wire throughout the entire truck, installing a new ignition coil and installing a new distributor, I finally got her back on the road.
I remember when i installed an HEI distrib on my 71 Bel-air, i got not only an increase in fuel econ, but a bit more power out of it as well. Granted it was a V8 350 and those distribs are getting more and more common,

but the question is this, Is there any one out there who makes an HEI distrib for our 235's? I called jegs, and they offer a kit for conversion, but i am looking for a complete replacement.

Someone on the chevytalk forum mentioned that the distributors from a late 70s truck with a "smog distrib" is the same and should fit, but i havent found too much info on that.

so in light of this, i seek help from the masters.

(PS sorry for rambling)

Langdon's has just what yor looking for. Got one for my 61. Have not road tested it yet.

langdon's you say? i have never heard of it. i will have to find out.

also, is it just the cap that makes it adaptable to an inline? or is there something else?

http://www.stoveboltengineco.com

or


http://www.pertronix.com

either one make the product,

The late-model 250's, and I believe, 292's also, had a 6-cylinder HEI distributor. There are two types, one with the coil in the distributor cap like a V-8, and another one that uses a remotely-mounted coil. It takes a very slight amount of modification to the housing to make sure the oil pump drive works right, but the drive gear, etc., is a direct swap with the stovebolt distributor. There's no point in spending an outrageous amount of money for somebody else's distributor when the salvage yards have ones that can be made to work easily.

Someome posted a way to make a MOPAR electronic trigger fit a regular stovebolt distributor housing. That one looked very interesting, and the modification would be totally hidden. I'm in the process of researching that possibility. The trigger and amplifier assemblies don't know what kind of engine they're on, so why not do a little experimenting?
Jerry

thanks guys!