needsaresto
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run for cover!!!!
Lol,Doug knows first hand what the purists think of a gm part in a mopar...
Myself I'll run the hei conversion as well.
run for cover!!!!
What the heck is a Bosch BIM024? is that a replacement HEI module?
Google is scattered with various info on the unit so I thought I would ask.
It appears to be a full feature module with dwell and amperage management built in. Seems great.
Could you expand on how it applies with a stock mopar distributor? Could you recommend a coil to use with it? How does it operate at high rpm?
Thank you.
If you have a HEI dizzy with the module built into the side (and no built in coil on the dizzy cap) you can replace the built in module.
Bosch is the brand, BIM = Bosch Ignition Module. 024 = the model.
As powerwagonpaul pointed out it is the Australian ( and European, I believe) equivelent of a LX-301 module.
The idea is to by a cheap Chinese HEI dizzy and replace the crap module with a better one like a BIM-024 or the LX-301.
Or as per the instruction on the page that powerwagonpaul shared you can run these module on vurtually any electronic dizzy including the Mopar one.
You can use any coil with it but for the best results you want a HEI coil (I use a Bosch HEC-716)
Then you increase your plug gap for bigger spark.
BIM-024's are great for high reving 6's. My friend runs 1 on his 440 powered drag car and I have used them on quite a few cars. Never had an issue with them at high revs.
Here's my set-up now.
Red cirle is the built in modul
Blue is the HEI coil
Green is the relay which feeds the coil and dizzy 12volts straight from the battery when the key is in the ignition position.
Its nice, compact and super cheap.
Nice compact coil.
I have been reading on the BIM- unit. It appears to have excellent dwell and amperage management which should allow for smooth hot high rpm spark. I am wondering if the LX- unit behaves the same or if it is more crude with regards to dwell and amperage mgt, like the original GM HEI modules. I look at the accel and msd HEI "performance" units and they claim to manage dwell better but they are freaking expensive.
I did the HEI module thing just because I carry a spare and they are a lot smaller, plus if you need one in a small town the Mopar box is a wait. The new aftermarket Mopar replacement is a Chicom made junker, if real US made ones were still common I might not have done it.
I mounted mine on a heatsink from a dead car stereo amp.
It's dead. Zed. Zed's dead
It's a good thing you weren't around during WWII. I mean, WAS IT OVER WHEN THE GERMANS BOMBED PEARL HARBOR?????
:angry4:
I'm not sure what that was supposed to mean, but.....................
You might want to go crack a history book, because the Germans never bombed Pearl Harbor.
only problem with them is when they **** the bed when i'm out in the middle east bumblefuck where am i picking another one up while sitting on the side of the road? too expensive to carry a spare. at least i can get a hei module i can get almost anywhere.
It's a good thing you weren't around during WWII. I mean, WAS IT OVER WHEN THE GERMANS BOMBED PEARL HARBOR?????
:angry4:
Busted a gut and had to clean off the computer screen on that one!!!
I thought I must have been issued the wrong history book in school when I read that one. Thankfully ole 67 saved the day.
And I also love MSD because most all of it's patents are held by Dr.Christopher Jacobs
Why bother with that overpriced module? There's several others that are way cheaper and work just as good. You can even find them at your local autoparts store if you need them that quickly.Does anyone know who would have a BIM024 in stock in the US? I can order one, but I can't get it any faster than the August 2nd and I've got a car in my driveway that needs one.
Does anyone know who would have a BIM024 in stock in the US? I can order one, but I can't get it any faster than the August 2nd and I've got a car in my driveway that needs one.
As "KISS" said...........
Tell us more about just what you are doing? Is this a Skip White dist "ready to run" unit? or what?
Thanks for the explanation but that is EXACTLY what I was asking. You keep calling this an HEI but that is NOT what it is. This is a proprietary module. I've been told it's popular "down under" as it evidently evolved in Holden vehicles. If that distributor is what you have (same as Skip White by the way) then the BM series module, so far as I know, is what you want.