Hi All in Chevy Land
Could some please comment if there is a Conversion Kit available
to toss the original Contact Breaker Distributor and stuff in
an GM HEI?????
Not that l'm having problems but l can't seem to find a conversion
manual or Diagram on what this all entails......
Thinking for keeping the original Dist. and changing out the guts....also..
Mmmmmm
anyone/
muchly appreciated
cheers
Dug

Ive seem plenty of cars with a newer HIE in them, it must not be that difficult.
I would be interested in the process too......

Lot of information been posted on the subject
you can do a search and find it all.

http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103654&highlight=HEI+wiring

http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101343&highlight=HEI+wiring

http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35802&highlight=HEI+wiring

http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116342&highlight=HEI+wiring

http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114059&highlight=HEI+wiring

Thanks a ton Dean!!
and yeh l should "dumby up" and utilize our search application here
thanks again
dug

Dug, My advice is to get Dave Ray to convert you orig dist, he will recondition it and set you your engines specs and use readily available parts. His website is www.davessmallbodyheis.com Check it out.

Hey thanks Leo
l'll check it out!!
dug

Pertronix and Mallory both make kits that allow you to keep an original distributor and original wiring.

Here are some photos of Dave's conversion's. He also sets them up to the specs of your engine and drivetrain. It is a true plug and play. This is the one he built for my sb400.
http://users.triconet.org/philipv/module%202%20th.jpg

http://users.triconet.org/philipv/pick%20up%20th.jpg

http://users.triconet.org/philipv/adj%20adv%20th.jpg

I upgraded my 64 with a crane cams XR700 conversion, only thing is you have a module to mount, I put mine on the firewall. I think you might be able to mount it out of sight as it had fairly long wires from dist to module. The XR700 uses an optical trigger with a shutter wheel instead of the magnetic pickup like in most electronic ignitions.

Dave really does a nice job Philip, what's one like that cost approximately?

http://www.madelectrical.com/catalog/hei-1.shtml

other good stuff too

Great Pictures!
sweet job by Dave eh!
good info gang

Pertronix and Mallory both make kits that allow you to keep an original distributor and original wiring.

I upgraded mine with the Accel kit. Works great and looks stock.

Dave really does a nice job Philip, what's one like that cost approximately?
About $175. It came with cap and rotor.

I love the looks of the Pertronix,but I'm on a kind of tight budget.I picked up a stock HEI unit for $35,and all I had to do was put a new end on the hot wire and it has been working great for over a year now.You can't really beat a stock unit for average everyday driving.