Spark Wire Crimp Location

Hey @Fireball – do you know if this type of HEI distributor that I have (with the coil included) is a “capacitive discharge” coil/distributor?

Buick Odd Fire V6 HEI Distributor

 

No, that would be a separate box mounted on the fenderwell. Typically MSD branded.

 

Thanks. I’m Trying to get some of this wiring done / prepped and saw these and was worried…

 

HIE's are pretty simple. You just need to supply power to it that's on during the cranking and running phases of the ignition switch. The same wire that originally powered the points works fine.

Optionally there is a tach output signal you can use to power a tach, but it doesn't need to be hooked up.

 

Thanks!

I’d imagine the red wire (BAT) goes to the switched power source, and the green (TACH) goes to the tachometer…and the harness from the bottom of the distributor only goes in one way: