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Old 12-09-2011, 12:51 PM   #19
bonduranth
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Default Re: Installing HEI Ignition on 3PG Carts

High Efficiency Ignition. Copied from the Mallory Ignitions that were being installed in drag cars. Did away with points. with points, they pitted and since they were controlled by lobes, the firing was always set to #1 cylinder. I still have a unit that was used to check the firing of all 8 cylinders. It spun the distributor and you had to file each lobe to make them at the exact degree from #1. It used a neon strobe and was quite accurate. you used the firing order for the engine, plugged in the wires and watched a wheel that was about 10 inches in diameter and a strobe for each cylinder. Each lobe was either filled or brass was added to the lobe and then filled. Been building race car engines since 1950. Curtis Turner, Ronnie Sox, and many more.
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