tbm3fan
Old Man with a Hat
So after a week gathering the parts I needed I spent the last two days putting the HEI ignition together. Pulled (in) power from the starter relay over to pin 30 on a Tyco relay. Ground out of pin 85. Trigger, from coil brown wire, to pin 86. Power out from pin 87 feeding two 14 gauge wires into a 12 gauge terminal. From there one power wire to the module and the other was from the coil's B side. So both coil and module get power from pin 87 together.
Then double checked everything once placed in car. Then triple check again. Pulled spark plugs and opened gap to 0.45". Time to start. Sprayed some starter fluid into the carb and went to use the key to start for the first time in several years. Bam was on in 1 one thousand two. Timing a little off and went around to advance it before putting the timing light on it. By ear I had placed it at 8 BTDC, idle settle down to a super stead 750 in neutral, and power to coil was at alternator output.
Getting dark but took the car out. I could tell right away the idle was very smooth and the only thing that gave away that it was on were the mufflers. The car took off sprightly and was a whole lot quicker in moving from 25-50 mph on the boulevard. Felt nothing holding the engine back. A freeway ride at 65-70 was not in the cards for today.
Last thing that I need to get used to. I stopped for gas and when I went to start the car I never even heard the starter turn. The engine was just on and I need to be quicker releasing the key.
Then double checked everything once placed in car. Then triple check again. Pulled spark plugs and opened gap to 0.45". Time to start. Sprayed some starter fluid into the carb and went to use the key to start for the first time in several years. Bam was on in 1 one thousand two. Timing a little off and went around to advance it before putting the timing light on it. By ear I had placed it at 8 BTDC, idle settle down to a super stead 750 in neutral, and power to coil was at alternator output.
Getting dark but took the car out. I could tell right away the idle was very smooth and the only thing that gave away that it was on were the mufflers. The car took off sprightly and was a whole lot quicker in moving from 25-50 mph on the boulevard. Felt nothing holding the engine back. A freeway ride at 65-70 was not in the cards for today.
Last thing that I need to get used to. I stopped for gas and when I went to start the car I never even heard the starter turn. The engine was just on and I need to be quicker releasing the key.
