I recently received a new HEI distributor from racepartsdirect via e-bay, cost $99, and it is big. Last Saturday installed it with the help of a friend the main stumbling block was the thermostat housing, if anyone thinks of doing this, then here is the solution for the thermostat housing, an off the shelf Mazda 323-1500 cc 1981 on has the required angle to fit direct, ream out the bolt holes by approx. 1 mm and block off the side waterway and Bob's your uncle. The 10 mm plug wires is another story, I could only get aready made set for a 302, but we swapped and changed until they fitted, sort off. The photo shows them in an unorganised state. The difference in performance is VERY noticable, the 10.5:1 compression gave me hell before, could not connect vacuum without pinging, also had to use 98 octane fuel at a premium price, now with vacuum connected at 7 degrees no pinging and lots of extra torque, will have to put three 40 Kg. bags of cement on the backaxle to keep her under control. Hope this will help anybody.
Regards Henk from Oz
Regards Henk from Oz
