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- From: rodder@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Jon D. Rodder)
- Subject: Re: Firewall problems, '57 Chevy
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.231501.19240@ra.oc.com>
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- Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
- References: <1992Nov10.184001.25495@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> <3122@contex.contex.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 23:15:01 GMT
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- In article <3122@contex.contex.com> frank@marvin.contex.com (Frank Perdicaro) writes:
- >Some late model ('89+ ?) GM F-body HEI units are really small. Much
- >smaller than the ('73+ ?) toilet-paper-roll sized ones. And its just a
- >drop in. See your local junkyard.
-
- My 1991 Chevy TBI-350 has one of these small HEI ditributors.
- Yes, it will drop right in, but there is one catch. It has NO advance
- mechanisms whatsoever. Its designed to be used with an ECM to
- control spark timing. It would be much cheaper to just buy
- a Mallory unilite, and a lot less headaches.
-
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