GM HEI conversion questions

I mean no offense to anyone that is a die hard hei or mopar ignition fan, but i will never understand why people can't get away from the garbage factory ignitions that chrysler and GM used in the 70's and 80's. The chrysler ballast resistor ignition setup was flawed since the get go, the lean burn system was up there with the GM 4,6,8 engines as the laughing stock of an era, and the GM hei setup isn't AS bad, but still has a weak spot in the 4 pin module, and pickup coils if voltage drops.

do you really want an ignition system you have to keep spare parts in the glove box for to consider reliable?

do yourself a favor and replace all that garbage with an electronic distributor and an ignition box.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-850003-1/
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-850610/
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-G5217/
or find a used distributor, put the $18 mag pickup in it, and save yourself some money.


well I have ran mopars for awhile now and so has my father; out of all those years between the two of us we have had one ballast resistor go bad and no ECU's