Thread: HEI ignition for a 283

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Thanks Guys, I didn't realize HEI had a built in coil. I will hopefully pick one up this week. I assume install is just remove old distrib, and put the new HEI in it's place?

Do I just cut off the hot wire running from the starter and use a new wire from the ignition, or use the starter wire and just bypass the ballast?

Originally Posted by hpcbmw

Thanks Guys, I didn't realize HEI had a built in coil. I will hopefully pick one up this week. I assume install is just remove old distrib, and put the new HEI in it's place?

Do I just cut off the hot wire running from the starter and use a new wire from the ignition, or use the starter wire and just bypass the ballast?

If it were me I'd use the wire from the starter and take out the ballast, after first verifying that I had the full battery voltage for start, and then once started for the run condition.

Just remove the ballast resistor. That will give you 12 volts to the HEI in the run position.