Thanks Frank. I've got solid core wires on it now and really don't want to go through the ordeal of installing those Taylor 8mm wires in the wire holders (1957) if I don't have to. And funny thing, I have no static AT ALL on the stock T&C radio with the solid cores. (The car has the factory condensers on the generator and voltage regulator, that's it) .

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Only if you want to hear your radio. And they do actually work better on the street.

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

Are resistor plug wires needed with the HEI conversion???????????

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I just completed the HEI conversion to the stock distributor with Duraspark internals installed. Was a bit of work but seems to work good. Mounted the HEI module remotely on the firewall on a piece of aluminum to act as heat sink and lots of air flow. All pieces collected were $66 plus my time. Not driven yet but idle quality seems better and throttle response crisper. Set to 17 intial and mech advance 38 and total max with vacuum advance 50 same as old set-up. Waiting for roads to clear up and get back together from other mods.

Scott

You're right! I did a test on another car with the HEI conversion and "all those little electrons" did indeed seem to wander home by the shortest route. lol.
I've most of parts gathered now and am almost ready to make the change over. I thought of something else;
Are resistor secondary wires required? And if so, will Taylor spiral core wires suffice? THANKS

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Excellent write up, Steve, give you 5 stars. Thanks for sharing, I think this should go into the Tech Article section to preserve for all to reference.

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Enjoying life at the beach in SOCAL

That's good news. I'll start gathering the parts needed and give it a go. Thanks for sharing your expertise!

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I just woke up to the realization that providing an additional (and parallel) path to ground from the negative post of the coil shouldn't do much to the controller module. All of those little electrons just wander home by the shortest route - and if that avoids the transistor temporarily - no big deal.....

 
 Steve Metzger       Tucson, Arizona

Yes, the coil is grounded just long enough to allow the solenoid to pull the pawl out of the O.D. "gizmo".....maybe one second or less? I'm not sure.
So, could I somehow use a relay in the power wire to the module from the ign. switch that would be controlled by the kick-down switch? Or?
This is a diagram of what I have:

Thanks, I'd sure appreciate any suggestions.

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That's definitely not one of the things I've tried out for sure. The 4 pin chip has current limiting - but a dead short might not be the best sort of use for that feature.

The control power to the module might be the best place to ground or interupt it - I'm assuming that's the means to momentarily reduce engine torque while the shift occurs?

 
 Steve Metzger       Tucson, Arizona