Will an hei distributor clear an oai system. What about the vacuum advance clearing the firewall. I purchased a new dist and wires but the dist is quiet a not bigger than stock. This for a 70 442 w30.

 

The vacuum advance will clear the firewall, however you may have issues with the OAI air cleaner clearance.

 

Is there an hei distributor with a smaller cap that would work with oai air cleaner?

 

Are you just wanting to do away with points? If so install a points replacement setup like Pertronix and use your original distributor.

 

has anyone used a oai with an hei conversion?

 

You have to modify the back of the air cleaner base to make it work together. That or just put a Pertronix pickup in the stock distributor and not have to modify the base. I have a non OAI base that is modified for this but it has the small snorkel on it. I would not modify the stock OAI base because it is worth to much money.

 

I merged your 2 threads, I asked a question on your previous question and never gotten an answer from you.