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Posted by Dave Speed on Friday, February 27, 2009 at 16:28:29 :
In Reply to: Re: Link for Slant Six HEI Dist Mod? posted by Dave Speed on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 23:35:04 :
http://www.moparchat.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12397
The is text reproduced here for posterity. I plan to follow up on this and will report progress.
Dave
This information was left on my FlatHead Mopar Message Board at InsideTheWeb.Com some time ago.
The addie is, by the way, http://www.InsideTheWeb.com/messageb...s.cgi/mb665838
I want to give credit to Mike Sersen, he is the one who gathered this info and made the modifications to make it work. Thanks Mike! Now to quote Mike somewhat directly: First
you have to convert the car to a 12 volt negative ground charging system. You need a complete electronic ignition kit from Mopar Performance,( a V-8 kit),and a slant six
electronic distributor. Disassemble the slant six distributor and keep the housing, star wheel,vacuum advance, and cap and rotor. The base of the housing of the slant six
distributor will need to be turned down to the same as the original distributor in the flathead six. Check and recheck and work for a snug fit. 3 flathead distributors were
compared and each was slightly different, so fit the distributor to your block. You will use the V-8 distributor shaft and the nylon/plastic ring which holds the shaft from
riding up. The shaft must be redrilled 1 and 3/8ths of an inch above the previous hole for the V-8 application. Put the shaft in the slant six housing with the (from V-8 kit)
base plate and magnetic pickup. Reinstall the plastic/nylon ring in the new position. Install the slant six star wheel and rotor. Adjust air gap between pickup and reluctor to
.008 inch with a non magnetic (brass) feelers gauge. Grind a 1/8th of an inch from the bottom of the slant six rotor and install. The hold down-timing adjuster plate from the
old flathead six distributor fits the slant six housing. Install that on the housing, install the distributor in the block and wire it up according to the Street Rod
Instructions in the Mopar distributor kit and fire it up. That's it! Hope this info is helpful and thanks to Mike Sersen for sharing it with me so I could share it with you.