Hei conversion Intermittent start?
I did that and it was really the only way i could get the car to start. Semi-reliably though
Did you pull the wiring from the coil and module, and run a hot wire to both, or in series, as shown in the illustration?
Would this be an issue given that the car was driven with no starting issues on that same distributor? Its a "new" parts store distributor with less than 1000 miles on it
Could be. I would check the air gap to be sure. Did you remove the distributor when you installed the system? Timing off? FWIW, I cut the plug out completely, and soldered wires to the distributor leads, and connected directly to the HEI. About 1 foot wire total for each lead. Are you using the original pickup wires from the dist to the HEI?
Looking at the HEI mount, running a ground wire fro the bolt (under the nut, touching metal sleeve on HEI) to the body would eliminate the bad ground potential.
Do you have a multi-meter? Check voltage to coil with ignition in "run" position. Also check it to the Module.
Can you take a pic of the entire engine bay, showing where everything is, and how it is wired? Also, get a pic of the "hotwired" wiring.
Are you 100% sure the distributor wire to the HEI are correct? They are easy to swap, and will cause this exact problem. I learned that the hard way!!! Maybe just swap those to wires, and try it?
