Divorced coil to incap HEI, do I need new distributor?
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From: Norfolk, VA. USA
Car: 86 Trans Am, 88 Formula
Engine: 95LT4, 305TPI
Transmission: T56, T5
Divorced coil to incap HEI, do I need new distributor?
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I have a TPI setup that I am installing and I want to use the MSD HEI coil I used when the car was carbed. Can I just get a cap from an 85-86 TPI car and replace the one on the dist. I have now?
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High Speed Run: 157mph
Best 1/4 mile run: 14.94@91.67mph
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I have a TPI setup that I am installing and I want to use the MSD HEI coil I used when the car was carbed. Can I just get a cap from an 85-86 TPI car and replace the one on the dist. I have now?
Thanks,
High Speed Run: 157mph
Best 1/4 mile run: 14.94@91.67mph
WS6 Trans Am.
View My Ride @ thirdgen.org
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From: Jackson, Miss., CSA
Car: '87 IROC-Z
Engine: 406 Superram/DFI
Transmission: Auto BTE 3000 conv
Right now on the car does it have a factory coil in cap or separte coil setup? The distributors are completely different and I'm about positive the wiring is too. You need to use the kind of coil your setup came with. Now if you're asking if you can use a coil-in-cap hipo coil w/ a coil-in-cap setup then yes...they're all the same from year to year AFAIK.
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Dan
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87 IROC-Z, 5.7,auto, 3.27, leather, !cat, Holley fpr, K&N'S, SLP 1-3/4" Jet-Hot coated headers, Accel .219 cam, Comp 1.5 roller tip rockers, $uperPITAram, Edelbrock lower intake, Holley 52mm tb, Dynomax\Flowmaster catback. Coming Soon- DFI or prom burner, Dart Iron Eagle 200cc heads, 6" rod 383 or a 406
1987 Camaro Z28 - 5.2tpi, auto, 3.73s, ram air, airfoil, ported plenum, !cat, !tbcoolant, !smog, !4th gear
1989 Pontiac 20th Anniversary Turbo Trans Am - 161,000 miles, !cat, 9" K&N - SOLD
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Dan
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87 IROC-Z, 5.7,auto, 3.27, leather, !cat, Holley fpr, K&N'S, SLP 1-3/4" Jet-Hot coated headers, Accel .219 cam, Comp 1.5 roller tip rockers, $uperPITAram, Edelbrock lower intake, Holley 52mm tb, Dynomax\Flowmaster catback. Coming Soon- DFI or prom burner, Dart Iron Eagle 200cc heads, 6" rod 383 or a 406
1987 Camaro Z28 - 5.2tpi, auto, 3.73s, ram air, airfoil, ported plenum, !cat, !tbcoolant, !smog, !4th gear
1989 Pontiac 20th Anniversary Turbo Trans Am - 161,000 miles, !cat, 9" K&N - SOLD
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