distributor question

[thedestinecurse]

I heard somewhere that they fixed alot of the problems in the newer distributors( 95+) does anyone know if that is true? because I need a new distributor and I was thinking that mabey I could buy a newer year distributor. I have a 93 pgt. And will it bolt in plus work correctly in my car?

[naustin]

Where is Tracerbullet when we need him. :lol: Somebody can answer that question, I"m positive, hang in there a few minutes.

[eXtreMX-6]

There is an HEI mod you can do which the part cost around 10 bucks. If you want i can find the link and post it. All your basically doing is replacing (by soldering in) the ignitor mechanism with an HEI unit used in older gm's i believe? but it works great for everyone so far and a lot of people have been doing it now.

[thedestinecurse]

There is an HEI mod you can do which the part cost around 10 bucks. If you want i can find the link and post it. All your basically doing is replacing (by soldering in) the ignitor mechanism with an HEI unit used in older gm's i believe? but it works great for everyone so far and a lot of people have been doing it now.


yeah I accually already tried to do this. For some reason I could not get it to work. I didnt hook up the external coil just the hei modual. so im thinking that I will either try a coil with my set up or I will eventually just get a new distributor... its just depressing that I took all that time to get the hei mod put together and installed and my car still dont spark. I need to check all my conections but its been to cold and my car is sitting outside.

[Shrep]

Ouch! First, are you sure it's just your ignitor? There are many things that will cause you to lose spark, like a bad coil for instance.

Not saying anything, just don't wanna see you throw away money for a new disty if you don't need one.

I remember reading somewhere that you couldn't swap a 95 disty into a 93, but I'm not positive on that, but yes they eliminated a lot of the earlier models' problems.

[GTcruiser33]

i was under the impression you could get a 95 and up disty to fit on the 93 and 94 models. Ive heard to just buy a remanufactured 95+ disty to solve your problems

-Erich

[eXtreMX-6]

I was under the impression that you couldnt use 95 up disties on 93 and 94's. in 95 a few different things changed. more emission bs(more 02 sensors and a pre cat), new disties, and a few other things i believe. I was pretty sure they wouldnt work though but i could be wrong.

[MN Probe GT]

my 97 disty is very different from the other years.

[Aaron3969]

The 95+ ones are missing a crank position sensor in the disty that the 93-94 ECUs need to make the motor run, hence Splats ZE troubles with the 95 disty in a 94 ECU.

[naustin]

The 95+ ones are missing a crank position sensor in the disty that the 93-94 ECUs need to make the motor run, hence Splats ZE troubles with the 95 disty in a 94 ECU.

Now there's a kid that knows what he's talking about... :thup:

[Splat]

eh?


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[eXtreMX-6]

i guess im stupid :(

[Shrep]

I knew it was something...just couldn't remember. It's been 2 years since I destroyed Oert's. :lol:

Aaron...you seriously just answered all of the questions I've been asking Splat, thanks! :thup:

Splat...we need to either get you a different disty or a different ECU. I've got a spare ECU but it won't help cause it's for a 93... ;)

[Splat]

well what the crap.