HEI DISTRIBUTOR ON A 4.2L

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HEI DISTRIBUTOR ON A 4.2L #786943 02/06/07 08:23 AM

Joined: Nov 2006

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Arcadia, CA

poorboy4x4 Offline

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Does anyone have any feedback on the distributor swap? i keep reading on it but It would be nice if someone else besides the 2 articles can give me some feedback.....I have a distributor, brand new but I want to make sure it will be worth the all the labor and if the difference is really noticable? or if I should stay with stock distributor'? thanks..... 88yj weber, 2 vacuum lines now <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/mrt.gif" alt="" />

88 YJ, 4.2L, WEBER 32/36, On 33" Dunlop Mud Terrain, 4.10 ratio, tru-trac locker in dana 35...

Re: HEI DISTRIBUTOR ON A 4.2L [Re: poorboy4x4] #786944 02/06/07 01:53 PM

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winnipeg,manitoba

oldgreen

Wheeler

I installed one on my 84 when I was running the 258. It worked great, got rid of the hesitation off the line. Now I,ve switched to a 304 V8 and put a HEI in it also. It actually ran good with the Duraspark system, mostly I wanted to get rid of a lot of wires and the 3 seperate locations for the ignition components. As Big Jim has mentioned many times the stock system was developed for the rig and it works, however many of them are 20 plus years old and many people decide not to replace older parts, which would fix the ignition problems also.

84 CJ7 304 HEI 35 BFG,s rear dana 60 with detroit locker,Viar compressor, fibreglass body, 2 1/2 spring lift, TF999auto, Warn 8000 winch, Plus a cool little trailer on 35,s. JEEP stands for just empty every pocket

Re: HEI DISTRIBUTOR ON A 4.2L [Re: oldgreen] #786945 02/06/07 10:31 PM

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Central Texas

BigJim

Web Wheeler

As oldg has said a good working factory dist cannot be improved on! If yours is worn out perhaps a new factory one would be cheaper and any parts easier to get? An HEI will not improve anything if yours is satisfactory now.
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