yes its VERY easy to upgrade the distributor, one of the very first mods I did to my car was replacing the darn HEI, the low rpm multi spark helps the idle, the new distrib and ignition and wires pulls easily to 7K rpm
with this..
holley 890-160
http://www.holley.com/data/Products/Tec ... R10209.pdf
http://www.speedunleashed.com/comp-cams ... gears.html
(SHOP AROUND they don,t sell for even near list price)
MSD Ignition
El Paso, TX
915/855-7123
http://www.msdignition.com
the MSD 6AL ignition
is just fine for most street/strip application when matched with the correct components
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MSD-8366/?rtype=10
(appears to be a similar distributor, but IM sure you still need the adapter listed lower in the thread)
http://static.summitracing.com/global/i ... m28663.pdf
http://www.msdignition.com/Products...SD-6AL_Ignition_Control_with_Rev_Control.aspx
http://www.chevythunder.com/fuel%20inje ... pg%20A.htm
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=TAY-79226&N=700+115&autoview=sku
theres a dozen ways you can go with headers and ignition wire, but Ive used these on several cars with good results and its what my race vette runs
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... toview=sku
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... toview=sku
big block (above)
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... toview=sku
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... toview=sku
SMALL BLOCK(above)
with this..
holley 890-160
http://www.holley.com/data/Products/Tec ... R10209.pdf
http://www.speedunleashed.com/comp-cams ... gears.html
(SHOP AROUND they don,t sell for even near list price)
MSD Ignition
El Paso, TX
915/855-7123
http://www.msdignition.com
the MSD 6AL ignition
is just fine for most street/strip application when matched with the correct components
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MSD-8366/?rtype=10
(appears to be a similar distributor, but IM sure you still need the adapter listed lower in the thread)
http://static.summitracing.com/global/i ... m28663.pdf
http://www.msdignition.com/Products...SD-6AL_Ignition_Control_with_Rev_Control.aspx
http://www.chevythunder.com/fuel%20inje ... pg%20A.htm
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=TAY-79226&N=700+115&autoview=sku
theres a dozen ways you can go with headers and ignition wire, but Ive used these on several cars with good results and its what my race vette runs
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... toview=sku
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... toview=sku
big block (above)
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... toview=sku
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... toview=sku
SMALL BLOCK(above)