The HEI Distributor has been a standard in the world of stand-alone electronic ingitions since 1974. We give our HEI Distributor a tune-up in the February 2013 issue of Car Craft Magazine.

Originally, the HEI system was fitted with a four-pin module. By 1978, it had a five-pin unit. Seven and eight-pin modules were more a computer-controlled element that came around in the 1980s.

Q: Last month we described how to remove a first-generation (’74-’80) High Energy Ignition (HEI) distributor from your Corvette, disassemble it, test its indivi ...

If you're swapping points to an HEI distributor to lower maintenance requirements, you're good to go, but will you be able to feel a difference if you do?

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