Hey, anyone running an LT1 intake on there TPI car? i am doing a Carb-TPI(LT1 intake) and i ran into a little problem, it seems that the timing cant be adjusted very much because it hits the back of the intake, i have the small HEI distributor with external coil. the connectors go to the drivers side, if im not mistaken just like the large HEI does. well im putting it on my 406 so we'll see how it runs in a few days hopefully tomorrow. thanks in advance!

 

You can respline the distributor so that it faces a different direction and give you a bit more room for adjustment. Just unbolt the distributor hold-down and pick up the distributor, turn it about 1/6th of a turn and set it back down. You just have to make sure the rotor and the distributor move as a unit or your timing will be affected.

 

Absolutely. I had to turn the oil pump shaft with a large flat tip screwdriver to seat the gear. Now, the connectors are facing the rear of the car. I had the same problem. Just re-spline the dizzy, and all will be well.

 

ok gotcha! ill have to do it once i get the car running. i think i have a bad fuel pump relay. i have it all hooked up and theres no power to the fuel pump wire. so i might just run it from the ignition or something

 

Good deal, keep us informed on your project.

 

Yeah, ill try to keep some kind of post up on the vehicle, im going from a crappy performer intake and stock Q-jet with stock airbox, to the LT1 intake with lt1 injectors, my prom was done by John @LT1intakes.com so we'll see how everything goes, i just need to figure out if im getting power to the ECM or not, im not really sure where the power would go to anyways, if anyone has swapped Carb-TPI before help would be greatly appreciated

 

also if you guys could help me out, i know you must have the small HEI distributor, well i was wondering if you could tell me which hole for the connector to go in is power and which hole is tach, cause i dont have the connector yet but im going to try to hook it up with a stock coil to distributor connector with one end cut off and the other the plastic is broken off the sides, it plugs in but im not sure which way it goes in......

 

What year and engine is the harness from?

 

the harness is from an 87 iroc Z but i got the wires right now, and i actually got the car running! i couldnt beleive it. but i gotta do somemore tinkering with it and play with the distributor a little bit. here's a pic of it......everythings not hooked up but 98% of it is....

 

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another pic