[Gmecm] HEI conversion & cam sync

[bcroe at juno.com]

I wouldn't mind hearing how to set "phase" between the 
rotor and the timing pickup.  Otherwise the rotor may not 
be partially parallel to the desired plug contact for all 
timing conditions.  Of course that can be checked with 
a transparent HEI cap afterwords, but it would be better 
to set it up right before hand.  

I have been thinking some more about adding cam 
sync to the commonly available & very cheap CCC type 
HEI.  Perhaps just dropping a plug wire through a pickup, 
with a bit of signal processing, would be the easiest.  A
FIRST EFI from a decade and a half back used this 
method, it seemed to do the job.  I am not anxious to 
trade my HEI for a $400 aftermarker dist, which has less 
high voltage insulation (smaller dia) and needs a separate 
ign coil.  The HEI also handles the dwell problem, not so 
sure about those others.  And the HEI can limp home on 
10 deg advance with no external electronics.  

19 May 2005  "Carl Rumberger" <perfdyn at cwnet.com> writes:
> Barry,
> 
> The easiest way(and it's reversable) is to remove all 
> of the upper advance parts, drill through the rotating 
> pole piece and dist. shaft(above the
> trigger wheel) , and pin it with a sturdy role pin.
> 
> Carl