Re: [Chevelle-list] OT: 1969 Mopar HEI drop-in distributor?

2010-05-20 Thread John Nasta
Thanks guys. Yeah, he got hosed. I changed his points on Monday and he definitely didn't need a cap or rotor. They looked fairly new. I also advised him to switch to HEI and unfortunately for what he paid he could more than likely have had that done. I will let him know what it takes to mak

Re: [Chevelle-list] OT: 1969 Mopar HEI drop-in distributor?

2010-05-19 Thread Larry Williams
$650. wow! John Nasta wrote: Thanks guys. I will look into it. He made it to a service station today and they determined that it was the coil, replaced that and also replaced his cap, rotor, wires and a bunch of other routine stuff and charged him $650. Car is apparently fine again. I had adv

Re: [Chevelle-list] OT: 1969 Mopar HEI drop-in distributor?

2010-05-19 Thread Tom Rightler
.@chevelles.net [mailto:chevelle-list-boun...@chevelles.net] On Behalf Of John Nasta Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 8:44 PM To: chevelle-list@chevelles.net Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] OT: 1969 Mopar HEI drop-in distributor? Thanks guys. I will look into it. He made it to a service station today and they

Re: [Chevelle-list] OT: 1969 Mopar HEI drop-in distributor?

2010-05-19 Thread ted laidig
t; Chevelle and haven't regretted it yet. Ted From: Mitch Barrie To: The Chevelle Mailing List Sent: Wed, May 19, 2010 5:57:07 PM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] OT: 1969 Mopar HEI drop-in distributor? John Nasta wrote: > So

Re: [Chevelle-list] OT: 1969 Mopar HEI drop-in distributor?

2010-05-19 Thread John Nasta
Thanks guys. I will look into it. He made it to a service station today and they determined that it was the coil, replaced that and also replaced his cap, rotor, wires and a bunch of other routine stuff and charged him $650. Car is apparently fine again. I had advised him to change to HEI w

Re: [Chevelle-list] OT: 1969 Mopar HEI drop-in distributor?

2010-05-19 Thread Rick Schaefer
Or a Petronix: http://www.summitracing.com/search/Make/DODGE/?keyword=pertronix On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Mitch Barrie wrote: > John Nasta wrote: > >> So, does anyone know of a good drop-in HEI distributor for Mopar like so >> many of us have for our Chevys? >> > > If all he wants to do is

Re: [Chevelle-list] OT: 1969 Mopar HEI drop-in distributor?

2010-05-19 Thread Mitch Barrie
John Nasta wrote: So, does anyone know of a good drop-in HEI distributor for Mopar like so many of us have for our Chevys? If all he wants to do is get rid of the points, why not buy a Mallory Unilite? I used one on My El Camino for a few years: http://www.summitracing.com/search/Brand/Mall

[Chevelle-list] OT: 1969 Mopar HEI drop-in distributor?

2010-05-19 Thread John Nasta
Hi all, I have a good friend who has been having problems with his 1969 Coronet w/ 318 & 2bbl. He got stuck a few days ago and it was very hard to find a place that sells the points & condensor. We changed those and got him running and he called a little while ago saying that he's stuck a