Thread: Distributer Question

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Hey everyone - I'm putting a sbc 350/330 crate motor in a '46 ford - just a cruiser - need some advice on Distributer type i should use - I'm thinking about an HEI w/coil built in for a cleaner look but have heard that they are prone to heating up and breaking down - does anyone know this for true and is it possibly just under extreme conditions,i.e. extra hot temps, or racing, or? and if so what should I use in your opinions?
Many thanks in advance - I've found alot of help here!

Not a thing wrong with an HEI in a cruiser.
Simple, reliable, easy to obtain partsfor.

Thanks for the quick reply, lucforce

I've run them up to 6,000 no problem.

We run a modded HEI in the pure stock racer, clean and crisp to 6800 RPM. It has a hotter coil and locked out vacuum advance, works great.

yes they work fine up to 6000 like mike said . and up but past that i would add the Ex ternal coil kit and a hop up module but i have a customer that has a 427 that as a stock HEI that runs past 6800. but if past 6000 you may want to add some better parts to it

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

yes they work fine up to 6000 like mike said . and up but past that i would add the Ex ternal coil kit and a hop up module but i have a customer that has a 427 that as a stock HEI that runs past 6800. but if past 6000 you may want to add some better parts to it

pat, did you know you motor mount is broke in your pont.?

Originally Posted by lt1s10

pat, did you know you motor mount is broke in your pont.?

no the frame is to much chevy power

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

no the frame is to much chevy power

i thought it was a little loose. kinda throws off your camber and toe end don't it?

Originally Posted by lt1s10

i thought it was a little loose. kinda throws off your camber and toe end don't it?

i had it out last time some harlley jack ass was in front of me popped some wheeles got tried of has crap and let it loose i do not think he ever seen a goat move that fast the front tires were not on the payment by much every thing was good tell i hit the rail road tracks side ways

Many Thanks guys - I appreciate all of your knowledge and advice

Originally Posted by Charlyg

By the way Pat, I'm Irish also. McGeraghty is my name

well one more IRISHMEN can t be to bad both of my great grandfather came from ireland

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

well one more IRISHMEN can t be to bad both of my great grandfather came from ireland

My grandmother was born in Ireland, we were able to find the records on the net where she came thru Ellis Island in 1925 when she was 17 years old.

Originally Posted by 29Street-Rod

My grandmother was born in Ireland, we were able to find the records on the net where she came thru Ellis Island in 1925 when she was 17 years old.

yes i wanted to do that but i have not. my dads side all were irish and my dads grandfarther was from cork. like to go to county cork ireland. my sister and me would like to see the castle

29streetrod, that's a great looking coupe in your icon! I have been busy lately with my '29 fendered roadster, but for me there is nothing (non-biological) with a better looking rear than the '29 coupe/roadster. I am just installing a straight across stainless bumper to protect the 'glass fenders. I'll try to get one of those small spare tire rims redrilled for the 8" Maverick rear end bolt pattern and carry a small spare in the rumble seat. This thread got my attention since there is more than a little Irish genetic material in my body, but it is complicated by being from the Northern Ireland County Down area and I note there are Shilladys in Scotland as well as Belfast, so maybe they could row across the channel! In my teaching career I always thought that my tendency to story telling came from the Irish part of the family but the math ability came from my very exacting mother who was descended from Bavarian German stock. You know we cannot control where we came from and all we can do is make the best of it but here we are in the U.S.A. where there is a lot of opportunity for almost anyone! Anyway I enjoy just looking at my candy-apple-maroon rumble lid while I work on the rest of the machine, what a classic shape! I bought a stock HEI unit for my 350 but the engine has not been fired up yet. With a very mild Crane street cam, I am not expecting to go over 5000 rpm so from what is said above the HEI should be OK for my engine.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder