4-cyl HEI in GM Autos?

[John A. Hess]

Does anyone know of a crank-fired ignition that will plug into the GM L-98?

swagaero wrote:

> Garfield wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 26 Nov 1997 22:39:04 -0500, Clare Snyder <clsnyde at ibm.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Hey gar, there is another way round all this, but a bit of work. Get an
> > >8 cyl HEI dizzy and grind every second tip from the reluctor. Fill every
> > >second hole in the cap with epoxy - and just make sure you fill the
> > >right half. Machine the case to fit the (soob) application and install
> > >the proper drive gear. This way you can use an early Mech advance HEI
> > >system and not worry about the advance curve - just change weights and
> > >springs till you get it right!!
> >
> > Yeah, I should have explained more my agenda here. I'm not looking for
> > this kind of module to swap with something else or even use in an HEI
> > dizzy. I'm looking for a module that can give me a very basic, dirt
> > simple advance ramp INSTEAD of mechanical advance.
> >
> > Just pretend I'm making my own dizzy with NO centrifugal nor vacuum adv.
> > mechanisms, just a mag pickup and a spinning rotor and a cap (sorta like
> > an HEI dizzy, but without the coil upstairs), and yet I DON'T wanna HAVE
> > to need an ECM to give me a primitive electrical equivalent of
> > centrifugal advance. Seewhadamean? That's what I've got when I
> > disconnect the ECM from my '83 V6 GM HEI dizzy, presently.
> >
> > But, I can't use the 6 cyl version module that I have on my GM car, on a
> > 4cyl engine, cause the advance wouldn't likely be right.
> >
> > So that's my quest, a module for a 4 cyl car that has a rudimentary
> > advance ramp built-in. Anyone?
> >
> > Garfield
>
> just put crankfired ignition on it and throw away the dist. (old
> technology anyway.)
>
> Steve
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