|
|
|
Your donations help keep this valuable resource free and growing. Thank you.
|
HEI Distributor? |
Post Reply 
|
Page 12> |
| Author | |
ramblinrev 
Moderator Group 
Joined: Dec/28/2008 Location: Wisconsin Status: Offline Points: 2809 |
 Post Options
 Thanks(0)
 Quote Reply
 Topic: HEI Distributor?Posted: May/18/2012 at 9:58pm |
|
Does anyone have any experience with this distributor? Price seems great! Thanks!
|
|
|
74 Hornet Hatchback X twins
62 American Convertible 70 AMX 360 4-speed 70 Javelin SST 390 |
|
 |
|
|
Pdok
AMC Nut 
Joined: Apr/03/2011 Location: Oklahoma Status: Offline Points: 349 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: May/19/2012 at 1:33pm |
|
Not that one in particular, but I bought a cheapie eBay HEI for mine, and you can expect a poor quality module inside, and probably just as cheap a coil. The coil didn't bother me as much as the module, which I changed for an AC Delco brand. Swap the gear too, just to be safe. Probably a hardened steel cam-eater on that one.
|
|
|
76 Grem X 258/904 w/ Cheetah VBody/Jeep intake/MC2150/ Clifford Header
|
|
|
|
|
PrerunnerScout
AMC Apprentice 
Joined: Apr/05/2012 Location: Oceanside Status: Offline Points: 51 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: May/20/2012 at 7:02am |
|
Boy,...It sure looks like the one I just put in my Scout from these guys-http://crtperformance.com/html/jeep_hei_s.html - I guess you can't tell from the outside...I hope
 Any AC Delco part #'s just in case?
|
|
|
73' 2wd Scout halfcab
|
|
|
|
|
Pdok
AMC Nut
Joined: Apr/03/2011 Location: Oklahoma Status: Offline Points: 349 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: May/20/2012 at 10:36am |
|
I'd bet it has a 4-pin module, but look here for an exhaustive description and a list of part numbers for each type.
|
|
|
76 Grem X 258/904 w/ Cheetah VBody/Jeep intake/MC2150/ Clifford Header
|
|
|
|
|
PrerunnerScout
AMC Apprentice
Joined: Apr/05/2012 Location: Oceanside Status: Offline Points: 51 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: May/20/2012 at 11:41am |
|
Yep, -Information Overload. Thanks
|
|
|
73' 2wd Scout halfcab
|
|
|
|
|
billd
Moderator Group
Forum Administrator Joined: Jun/27/2007 Location: Iowa Status: Offline Points: 22795 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: May/21/2012 at 12:10am |
|
rev go to a salvage yard and buy a quality GM 250cid HEI distributor, put an 80s AMC V8 gear on it, and check my HEI thread from when I dropped a GM hei into my Eagle in minutes.
(At least I think I posted the "how-to" here, maybe that was something else......)
It's simple, cheap, and uses 100% GM parts save for the gear which is AMC. No Chinese parts.
You can buy the distributor's at salvage yards pretty cheap.
You can buy the gears from forum members, eBay, or 4x4 shops.
|
|
|
|
|
Thikstik
AMC Addicted
Joined: Mar/20/2008 Location: Alabama Status: Offline Points: 1129 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: May/21/2012 at 12:19am |
|
Ive been left down twice by 2 amc used gears on my hei. I got a new MSD iron one now, so i guess itll eat the cam next.
|
|
|
75 gremlin x, jeep 4L headed 258,Clifford cam, intake,header. 390 holley. I want a 282 VAM motor!
AC/PS/PDB. 72 AMX , 304 2bbl, 3speed, now disks...probably will sell, want an automatic /AC. |
|
|
|
|
Shaggimo
AMC Apprentice
Joined: Mar/01/2012 Location: CNY Status: Offline Points: 52 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: May/21/2012 at 4:54pm |
Maybe this is a dumb question, but why the V8 gear vs the I6 one? Does it not fit on the shaft of the HEI? (Mine was previously converted so I have no clue what was used).
|
|
|
|
|
vinny
Supporter of TheAMCForum 
Joined: Jan/05/2012 Location: Calgary Status: Offline Points: 505 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: May/21/2012 at 6:46pm |
|
I saw a post on it here somewhere and apparently the gear is a different length so the GM distributor must also be a bit off in length. In other words the hole where the roll pin goes is in a different place in the V8 gear than the I-6 gear.
If I had ever done it I could say for sure. |
|
|
|
|
232SIX
AMC Apprentice
Joined: Apr/12/2010 Location: Middleburg Status: Offline Points: 46 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: Sep/19/2012 at 3:11pm |
|
Can an HEI conversion be done on a mid-60's 232? Most of what I see being referenced are 1972 & up.
|
|
|
MattB
'66 Ambassador 880 '66 American 440 (sold) |
|
|
|
|
Post Reply
|
Page 12> |
Tweet
|
| Forum Jump | Forum Permissions You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum |
Click for TheAMCForum Rules
Topic Options
billd wrote: