Does anyone know a part number for the small cap hei distributor that is needed when swapping to Vortec heads/manifold?

Thanks for your part number(s) and recommendation(s).

 

Nothing special about the Vortec intake ;takes regular distributor
If you want a small cap version then just get one from a F body or TBI truck

MSD #8366 if you are feeling rich

 

With the Stealth Ram, you have to get a small cap distributor and a remote mounted coil, so I've read. It also looks like the plugs on the smaller diameter distributor are different than the plugs on my current distributor. I wonder if the wires are the same colors on the new plugs. I could probably find the distributor, coil, and ignitioin plugs/wires for that distributor in a junk yard. I'm gonna look.

My first goal for today is to get the Hedman shorties I have on the hated 305. I just chopped the y-pipe and pulled the stock paperweights out of the engine bay. I finally found the ambition to do it. I didn't even have to jack up the car.

 

Although I don't have any personal experience I did some research a while back and apparently the later, small cap modules have an additional ground lead. The attached may help some:

http://www.megamanual.com/ms2/GM_7pinHEI.htm

Let us know how it goes.

 

Thanks. I'll cross the bridge when I come to it and just figure it out as I go, most likely.

 

If you have a HEI dist and want to change to a small cap (which is what you should have said 1st up ) you can get a $15 adapter harness to connect your existing large harness plug and a plug with pigtail ($10) to hook up the remote coil from
Mike
www.eficonnection.com

 

I thought it was known that I needed to switch...I wasn't clear? I guess not. Sorry.

Thank you for that information. Very useful!

 

Ok, I looked at the site. What all will I need from them?

 

http://www.eficonnection.com/eficonn..._pigtails.aspx
The large to small cap adapter ; 5th down LH side

Mike is not showing it on the page but he has the small cap dist coil plug ( white - pink pigtails ) Just ask him
Say I sent you

 

I have everything you need for the swap if you are interested. I have a MSD small cap dizzy, remote GM blaster coil, and the harness $125.00 plus shipping. I had a vortec stealth ram, but have since sold it.

Let me know if you are interested
Jason

 

PM Sent. What are you running now?

 

I am building a carb'd 377ci. So i am switching to a large cap HEI unit.

 

You're right. I forgot to mention that I am putting a Holley Stealth Ram on top of the heads, and that is why I need the small cap distributor.

 

If you are going to buy msd 8366 go to msd forum, and search corrosion etc. problems
http://www.msdignition.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=8