by donivan65 Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:34 am
The easiest, not the best, way is to tie in to the IGNITION ON wire at the input side of the connector by the carb. But then you still are using the forward half of the old wiring. And you kind of want your ignition wiring work right,,,,you don't want that distributer quitting on you,,,,,,and that means NO FUSES,,,,Mine is running to a connection on the fuse block called IGNITION UNFUSED. And the Spark Plugs that use a 5/8" socket are the wide gap type. I still have the the old extended reach type, at .035, but as they wear the gap gets bigger, so they are like,,,,,,,self adjusting,,,,,,,the one thing that the HEI are noted for is that if the gap is too wide or a plug wire goes bad, the coil will burn a hole in the plastic rotor since the spark has no other easier place to go,,,,,you always need to carry a spare rotor and control unit with you as a back up,,,,,better still, another HEI to slap in whenever you loose spark,,,,,I would not leave home without it,,,,,,
New plugs or regap them???
