COIL QUESTION

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This is from the Jegs site. Also, anywhere you see the Hi Rev boxes for sale it always at least says "Made in USA" if not including all the same thing below. I can't see that much advertising of made in USA if it's not true. Even @halifaxhops has tested them before and likes them.

Electronic Ignition Control Units

JEGS 555-40805 Ignition Control Unit Features:​

  • Modern electronics with mopar oem appearance
  • Comparable to the mopar chrome ignition control unit
  • Electrical connector on control unit plugs into all mopar oem and mopar performance wiring harnesses
  • Made in usa with high quality components and assembly
  • Replacement wiring harness and ballast resistor available separately to repair or upgrade your vehicle’s ignition system
 
We can fix many things today, but we still cannot fix stupid....
With the Chrys elec ign arriving in 1971, it was leader of the pack. Three years later when GM HEI arrived, it went to te back of the pack...& is still there.
Apart from the far greater spark energy, variable dwell etc that HEI has, it has these advantages over the Ch system: no bal resistors to fail, far less external connections that could come loose or corrode, less connection points.
HEIs are now made for many popular non-GM engines, 50 yrs later. I do NOT see Ch dists being made for GM, Ford engines etc. Think about why that is......
Dr. Hugh Holden did exhaustive studies on HEI [ MDI ] systems & some of his conclusions are below; one of them concluded that HEI was sooooooooooooo good it equalled CDI [ MSD boxes ]. It was a 64 page report, may still be on the net.

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CFD244 said:
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This is the coil I bought. Specs say universal with 1.4 ohm primary (I measured 1.2 with an accurate ohm meter). I bought it because the FSM listed 1.4 ohm for my vehicle. It is NOS from the 90's. Just reading the specs now, it says "points style". Would that make a difference If running an OEM electronic system?
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When you shake it - Can you still hear the oil - Full ?

Are you having any RPM issues , higher RPMs say above 5,000/5,500

Starting issues when hot ?
 
They got deleted - I was told to take them down on both sites

Is he sponsoring this website ?

That was four years ago
 
bee1971 said:
They got deleted - I was told to take them down on both sites

Is he sponsoring this website ?

That was four years ago
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Four years ago. Exactly my point. A lot can happen in four years. Still no pictures though. Yall use whatever you want. All I can say is, the Mopar style electronic ignition has served me well since the late 70s and I'm still using it. I've never had an ECU fail either and I've run some of what I knew was "China" stuff.
 
I never knocked the Chrysler Ignition System , never once in any thread - Maybe you should read that older thread again

What do you think I have been running

MADE IN THE USA Chrysler Electronic
 
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bee1971 said:
When you shake it - Can you still hear the oil - Full ?

Are you having any RPM issues , higher RPMs say above 5,000/5,500

Starting issues when hot ?
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I just stumbled on to it messing with the car in the garage. Idle, fast idle and 2500 while I was getting my fluids in order and the timing nailed down.......and centring the PS gear.
 
bee1971 said:
I never knocked the Chrysler Ignition System , never once in any thread - Maybe you should read that older thread again

What do you think I have been running

Actually MADE IN THE USA
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That's my point. I don't give a flying FRIG what anybody else runs and I don't understand why people feel the need to swoop in on every ignition thread and piss all over what a lot of people have had good luck with.
 
RustyRatRod said:
That's my point. I don't give a flying FRIG what anybody else runs and I don't understand why people feel the need to swoop in on every ignition thread and piss all over what a lot of people have had good luck with.
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Robert, it's so that they can swoop in and wow us with their mighty intellect and quoted articles and dated pictures! duh!
 
RustyRatRod said:
Yeah I reckon they're doin their best AJ impersonation.
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speaking of, ain't it high time for him to come rolling in with the usual: i got 92,856mi on my .100 gapped plugs and wires, cap and rotor that i installed in 1998 1/2

you dweebs need to get out of the stone age and into the HEI age!

[insert talk of revving to 7500rpm, power slides on BFG's and gearing]
 
junkyardhero said:
speaking of, ain't it high time for him to come rolling in with the usual: i got 92,856mi on my .100 gapped plugs and wires, cap and rotor that i installed in 1998 1/2

you dweebs need to get out of the stone age and into the HEI age!

[insert talk of revving to 7500rpm, power slides on BFG's and gearing]
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23 year old BFGs at that.
 
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Since yesterday there have been 600 new guests from around the world viewing this "Coil" thread.

That is 600 new people who are learning about the added benefits of running the Mopar/HEI conversion distributor and the cool running High Output E-Coils.

More and more people coming in by the hour to learn, and the number of views just keeps on growing.

Thanks for viewing these Hot, High Output Ignitions, popularity is growing.

Here is a creative solution by a mopar enthusiast for a place to mount the HEI module.

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As you will notice the HEI module is mounted to an aluminum heat sink inside the box to help disipate heat.

Has the appearance of a factory mopar box when completed and mounted.

Keep the views coming.


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George Jets said:
Top of the page...

Since yesterday there have been 600 new guests from around the world viewing this "Coil" thread.

That is 600 new people who are learning about the added benefits of running the Mopar/HEI conversion distributor and the cool running High Output E-Coils.

More and more people coming in by the hour to learn, and the number of views just keeps on growing.

Thanks for viewing these Hot, High Output Ignitions, popularity is growing.

Here is a creative solution by a mopar enthusiast for a place to mount the HEI module.

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As you will notice the HEI module is mounted to an aluminum heat sink inside the box to help disipate heat.

Has the appearance of a factory mopar box when completed and mounted.

Keep the views coming.


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I did that with a Ford Duraspark box.....in about 1983. There was no difference in operation whatsoever and we used a bonafide made in USA GM 4 pin module. The guy just wanted it done so we did it.
 
George Jets said:
Top of the page...

Since yesterday there have been 600 new guests from around the world viewing this "Coil" thread.
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views ≠ new guests

a lot of those are people checking back in to see what ignorant and baffling things are being said.

and for the awesome pics
 
Probably more than half of the views were web robots, so prepare to be flooded by HEI (and by association, Chevy parts) advertisements.
Just like when someone posts girly pics, ya get overrun by underwear ads and singles sites.
 
Professor Fate said:
Probably more than half of the views were web robots, so prepare to be flooded by HEI (and by association, Chevy parts) advertisements.
Just like when someone posts girly pics, ya get overrun by underwear ads and singles sites.
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You got it.
 
George Jets.
You cannot put brains in statues.......
Smart people will acknowledge the 'other' guy if he has something better; try & learn from it or copy it
 
junkyardhero said:
how's this, i'll stop being so ******* sarcastic when you fuckers stop acting like HEI is the second coming and be-all, end-all of what ever the **** this is. *waves raccoon paws around*

oem chryco electronic runs fine and is more than suitable for 99% of applications. and that's a FACT, jack.
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Yeah, the HEI is one of the most over blown, over hyped, low quality pieces of **** that GM ever produced.

Because it’s produced by GM it’s loved like no other.

I flat out discourage anyone from them. On top of them being over rated, they have the worst advance mechanism I’ve found. It’s a piece of ****.

I can throw on on my test bench, hook up two different springs on it, spin it up and watch it wobble and go wonky.

There must be 15 or more footballs (the plate the weights move against) and two or maybe three are worth dealing with), if you run the advance mechanism against the stop it chatters like a *****.

I could go on and on and on but you’re correct. It’s highly over rated.

As for how much power they have, the ability to fire a big gap doesn’t prove ****.

An HEI won’t come close to the power a small 3 amp mag will produce and it needs a .022 gap.

This **** never gets called out but the truth is they are grossly over rated.
 

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