RE: mopar stuff

[Gary Wilson <MOPAR413@xxxxxxx>]

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Can't understand what the big deal is about the ballast risitor.  Very 
rarely have I had a problem with one.  I so carry an exta just because I 
have heard that they go bad.  Ohly lost one or two in 40 years of working on 
cars \.    Mostly now I work on MOpars.



MOPAR413 (Gary) 64 Polora 500




> From: Sean Bolter <bolterman@xxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: mopar stuff
> Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 04:03:31 +0000
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> It's a minor point, but you don't need proprietary wiring for the HEI
> module.  The side that uses the "special" yellow plug simply has two
> common connectors of different widths.  No, there really isn't a big
> reason to go with one over the other, but the HEI allows me to dump the
> ballast resistor, which is a weak point, and further clutters my
> firewall.  But I understand I am rare in caring about that!
>
> Sean Bolter
>
>
> Doug Ahern wrote:
> >
> >
> > Both ign. systems work and to each his own.  but is there a big win
> > for the HEI route?
> >
> > Some components are constant here...  the distributor is the same and so
> > is the fact that you have to round up a propietary connector/wiring
> > either
> > ina junkyard or new (new availability of harness: mopar=yes, HEI=? )
> >
> > price of ECU vs. HEI module?  thats not too different.  maybe $20.
> > The *best* ECU for the street is the Orange box.  The chrome box and
> > the gold box are race only items.   So prices for the two seem to be
> > the same,  Mancini sells these for:
> >
> > $20 for the mancini "blue box".  $43 for the Orange box.
> > $47 for the Orange box + lightweight dist. springs for a recurve...
> >
> > I don't know anything about the Mancini "blue box", but I bet its as
> > good as the Orange box.  So $20 if you like blue, $43 if you like
> > orange.
> >
> > wiring?  both the HEI and the ECU have 4 wires coming out of it.  2 go
> > to the distributor, 2 go elsewhere....  its the same right?
> >
> > space/weight savings?  even if the HEI is smaller, you still have to
> > dedicate about 3x5" to it somewhere...  roughly the same size as an ECU.
> >
> > So what does it come down to?    and if the answer is "they are the
> > same, HEI its just an alternative...", well thats fine.
> >
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