Topic: hei ignition
in Forum: C3 Engines
Already a Member?
Click Here to Login
Not yet a Member?
Click Here to Register for Free!
I would like to get new wires and plugs for my 76,ecklers
has a set of moroso high performance for headers but it
states for hei ignition only, how do i tell if I have hei
ignition.
SPONSOR AD:: (Our Sponsors help support C3VR)
Lifetime MemberLawrenceville, GA - USA
Joined: 10/25/2002
Posts: 100
Vette(s): 1968 427 coupe and 96 LT4 six speed Gran Sport clone
If you have hei, there won't be an external coil for your plugs on the intake, it is in the distributor cap
Former Member
Send PM
Frederick, MD - USA
Joined: 9/8/2003
Posts: 3398
Vette(s): 1969 convertible L71 427/435 4-speed black interior
A '76 should have HEI (it was made standard in '75), unless it's been replaced. HEI is also very large compared to previous GM distributors (the kind with the metal window for adjusting points).
Lifetime MemberModerator
Duncanville, TX - USA
Joined: 11/8/2003
Posts: 20214
Vette(s): #1-1974 L-48 4spd Cp Med Red Metallic/Black deluxe int w/AC/tilt/tele./p/w-p/b/
Am-Fm/map light National/Regional/Chapter NCRS "Top Flight"
#2-1985 Bright Red/Carmine Cp.L-98/auto
Member: NCRS, NCRS Texas, Corvette Legends of Texas
The plug wire terminals on an HEI dist. cap are "male". The plug wire terminals on a point type cap are "female"
As Gunslinger states, a '76 would be an HEI setup from the factory.('75-up)
As Gunslinger states, a '76 would be an HEI setup from the factory.('75-up)
Joel Adams
C3VR Lifetime Member #56 
My Link 
(click for Texas-sized view!) NCRS
"Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comforting to cry in a CORVETTE than in a Kia"
in Forum: C3 Engines
SPONSOR AD: (Our Sponsors help support C3VR)