billmerbach

OK thanks copper could you post me a link of that

oldstata

So not sure if I missed it but did your core motor come with intake and carb ?

What are you planing on for a distributor ?

billmerbach

yes original intake and carb but needs a good rebuild And I have a 73 to 74 dist with a Mallory uniliteral ignition conversion kit which I found out is worth about 175 dollars :O

oldstata

Okay sounds good

coppercutlass

The unilite sucks and you cant use it as I think your car came with hei. Find an hei from a 307 non computer controlled and fix it up. unilite conversions operated at lower volts so running a full 12 on a 9v. system will fry it and the unilites are temperamental. not 100 on that., the unilite conversion was intended to convert point to magnetic pick up or eye pick up which ever it was. This means it was used with a resistor wire. Something your omega does not have. Just some food for thought.

billmerbach

Dang I heard these were good

coppercutlass

Good from points to the conversion but I think you are better of using and hei. I don't think you can run the conversion set up since resistor wires dropped to 9v when hot . If you have hei you have 12v. All the time . I don't think the unilite set up is meant to be ran on 12 constant.

Kyle's 77 Cutlass

That is a very nice clean cam you sent.

billmerbach

It was also very lubricated too

billmerbach

Do you have an hei distributor copper

coppercutlass

I do but currenly undergoing a rebuild and modifications.

billmerbach

Ah OK I have an hei super coil if you need it

Octania

Head gaskets $18 ea
http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/x,ca...,parttype,5412

VR gasket set $48
VICTOR REINZ Part # 953015VR

Rock Auto dot com is your friend
just make sure they ship your order from one place.

Not you will still need the INTAKE GASKET [huge]
and freeze plugs

Inspect your crank before buying bearings. I have seen used bearings with no problem at all, good to go.... I have also seen "about to fail" exposed copper bearings, and totally toasted cranks upon inspection.

Inspect and clean first
THEN buy

coppercutlass

The price I posted was for a complete gasket set.

coppercutlass

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/sl...1008/overview/

oldstata

Thanks for posting the gasket info copper

oldstata

Also bill on a hei I bought the cheapy eBay one for 45 bucks free shipping it's been in my car two years 3500 miles with out any problems others will say stay away but really not a bad way to go on a budget

coppercutlass

X2 with oldstata . I got one of them chinabay I changed the wheigts and springs But aside from that no issues and well worth 45

billmerbach

Well if I get one I'm gonna get one where I can use the hei supercoil I have but can't seem to sell

coppercutlass

The super coil aint special. most high perf. distriutors hei are 50k volts I think the super coil is less. I had one on a small block chevy years back

Macadoo

I bought the same thing. Any good write-ups about how to make the swap from points to HEI and then tune?

oldstata

Points to hei you just need to back trace your power resistor wire and replace it with regular I think 14g wire for true 12v power or run a new wire off of a 12v ignition point and cap off the resistor wire

Not sure about tuning

coppercutlass

i ran mine from the junction box at the fire wall which is 12v. hot all the time. I ran my dist. to a kill switch so it now has an anti theft device. Mac your engine will probably run fine with 12 degrees initial . The total you can figure out once you get there but there is a way to find out total timing with out running it on an engine I have a book on just distributors.

oldcutlass

Mac, on the fuse box is an IGN terminal which is 12v with the key on. Run a 12ga wire from there to the Batt terminal on the HEI. Cap the resistor wire and stow it in case you decide to go back to points.

Macadoo

Sounds straight forward enough. Thanks guys.
billmerbach, didn't mean to hijack your thread. Hopefully you can use this info as well

billmerbach

Youre good Mac I actually enjoy my threads being hijacked because of leads to other things it keeps me thinking haha and guess what I found out I'm getting a 200 advance auto parts gift card for Christmas from somewhere

Macadoo

Well happy holidays to you! Lol, awesome.

billmerbach

haha you to Mac hijack anytime you want