Chevelle350
Sep 28th, 04, 8:03 PM
do i need to have my accel hei distributor going through a resistor on the firewall or can i go direct, and eliminate it?
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: Resistor Bob West Sep 28th, 04, 10:34 PM The HEI needs 12 volts,,,bypass the resistor wire. JWagner Sep 29th, 04, 12:50 AM What do the instructions say?? Chevelle350 Sep 29th, 04, 3:45 PM no instructions, it came with the car undee70ss Sep 30th, 04, 3:20 AM Originally posted by Chevelle350: no instructions, it came with the car Need Instuctions? get the part# off the distributor, go to the Mr. Gasket (http://go.mrgasket.com/FAQs.aspx?brandId=1) website and you can download them. EkS Sep 30th, 04, 11:50 AM HEI needs 12V. If you use the resistor wire, you will only see about 6-7V, which will not turn the car on. Nvr2Fast Sep 30th, 04, 7:52 PM Speaking from experience, the HEI does need all 12V. I used to have a 350 with the orig. points distributor, and I converted to a 402BB and installed a Mallory HEI. Well, I used the same hot lead to the HEI as was used for the points dist, which still had the resistor in series. The car did run, but when driving, I had some SEVERE surges, lost power, and my tach went beserk. I just ran a new power lead completely to the HEI, and have had no more problems since. You could just remove the resistor or run a new lead and upgrade wire gauge like I did. Hope this helps. | ||