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I got a kit from trailbeast early this year and put 3,000+ miles on it so far with zero problems. Ain't lookin' back. Couple of my friends like it and I suspect they will be ordering one or putting their own together over the winter. Dennis

First off, I'm not an ignition expert but that being said, I don't think that is an HEI distributor, it just has an HEI style cap. Also, if you look at the bottom of the coil page, it says it is for points style distributor only.

Are you sure you're not talking about the ECU ? I've seen the gel in the back of them ooze out of some of them.

Get yourself a Mopar electronic distributor( probably someone on this forum has one for sale) and get a HEI setup from TrailBeast(on here) and you will have a nice setup. Good hot spark, easy to set up, no more ballast resistor and parts are in every parts house in the country(if you ever need...

PM sent. Dennis

There is a white nylon bushing under the "top hat" piece of mechanical advance which may be what you found but I don't think that would create the play you are talking about. Sounds like maybe your dizzy is just wore out. Dennis

Yep!

For all who tried to help, thanks. I finally packed it up and returned it telling them it did not function properly. They sent me another and it works as it should. Yeah! Thanks. Dennis

Kit, thanks for pointing that out. I was aware of it when I installed the HEI this summer but wasn't sure where I wanted to locate the coil so I left it long and never got back to it. You have a good point tho. I need to fix that. Thanks. Dennis

I'm talking about the coil. Sorry for the confusion but that was the best way to describe the wiring to it. Here is a better way. Pictures worth a thousand words? Green wire to white is my tach. By the way, thanks for the help. Probably should let good enough go that it is working but kinda like...

Do ya happen to know which is negative on the HEI coil? There are are four wires coming out of it and they are paired up in two's. There is a white (current tach hookup) and red coming out of one terminal and a black and red coming out of another terminal. The black and red wires go to the...

Red wire to an Accessory hot. Black wire to a GOOD ground(several things are grounded here and they all work fine). The green wire is hooked to the white wire on the GM coil(HEI remember?). White wire is not hooked to anything. It's for lighting. The tach has a switch on the back(as do most)...

Forgot to add that we are talking about a 66 Valiant with a 318 in it also. Useful info.

I bought an HEI unit from TrailBeast and it is working great. Just now hooked up a Sun Super Tach II (I know, it's cheap but only for tuning, not racing) and when I set it on 8 CYL, I seem to only get half the rpm's. I am certain all the wires are correct. Am I missing something? When I put it...

Check and see if license plate light and tail lights come on with switch pulled all the way out for headlights. I agree with Trailbeast. Could be the switch. Dennis

You say that you are just getting it back on the road. Why was it down? Knowing what you were doing with it while it was "down" may help. Just from what you are saying, I would be looking at the coil but without really testing it, hard to say. Another thing. Make sure your timing light is...

You can probably open a can of worms with this one but let me say that this is from MY personal experience. I just purchased an HEI kit from Trailbeast on this forum a short time ago and can relate my experience with it. My car starts better cold and a lot better hot than it did before the...

Yep! It was you. Just wasn't gonna be "name dropping". It jogged my memory of something that I read from SSDan long ago and just never followed up on. Thanks. I'll check on other part numbers.

I saw this mentioned in another recent thread but didn't want to hijack someone's thread so... I have read in several places about the MO-3000 rotor from NAPA and the fact that it is about .060" longer than the standard one so went to my friendly neighborhood NAPA store to check it out. It...

Here is a link to read. very well documented on moving the fuel line. Dennis http://www.slantsix.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15778

The fuel line routing was a fix for me and others on here. It runs right up along the engine and picks up a lot of heat causing vapor lock or boiling the fuel out of the line. The better place is too run it over by the distributor side of the engine, up along side it and over the valve cover...

The 8.5 you speak of is the vacuum advance dash pot? I have 2 and they are both 11R's. I am beginning to think these things(distributors) only came with a 15 "top hat" and 11R dash pots. I like this idea. The price is reasonable and simple to try. Without anyone having the old distributor...

Thanks. I don't know but maybe "top hats" with other values are hard to come by? I have 3 distributors here and they all have 15's in them. The kit that 67Dart273 suggested looks good. Anyone have any experience with it? Good? Bad? I am more wondering if the limiting disc holds up...

A simple question would have sufficed but I guess we feel the need to add something extra. Maybe you should try an Apple. You won't get that nagging virus problem. Anyway, it is about a mid 70's Mopar electronic distributor with a #11R vacuum dashpot and a number 15 "top hat" in a 318 with a...

Can anyone here point me in the direction of a distributor recurve spring kit? Thanks. Dennis

First thing I would like to say is to 67Dart273. Man, I wish I had your knowledge of the electrical parts of these cars and second, I wish I could better understand what you say(my bad, not yours). That being said, I am including pics so we can see what I am talking about and to help me better...

On a possibly related note, is this the correct style voltage regulator to use with my Mopar electronic ignition? thanks, Dennis

Actually, I hadn't noticed whether this is only at idle. That IS when I looked down and noticed that it was jumping around a lot. I'll check it at cruising speeds tomorrow. Thank you. I know new doesn't hold much water now-a-days(this is alt #2, first was bad) but was kinda checking on here for...

My volt gauge seems to jump around a lot. 12 to 14 or so. All to the charging side but still jumpy. I have new alternator, new regulator, new gauge, new belt and all new connections. Yep! It's a new build. Anyway, what are the possible causes of this or is it normal. Oh yeah, battery, not so...

Okay. Okay. I'm a believer. Looks like HEI it is. Guess I go to the local pull and pay. Just gotta figure out what years I'm looking for. I would love to get Trailbeast's setup since it looks so clean and simple but current funds won't allow for it. Thanks everyone for your input. Dennis