Four Wheeler's Verne Simons shows us how to install a Davis Unified Ignition HEI Distributor in an AMC 304 V-8.

Chrysler had the right idea way back in 1972 when it stepped away from ignition points and went to electronic ignition. It took GM a few years more before it came out with the HEI distributor ...

The HEI Distributor has been a standard in the world of stand-alone electronic ingitions since 1974. We give our HEI Distributor a tune-up in the February 2013 issue of Car Craft Magazine.

The HEI’s integrated ignition coil in the distributor cap makes it the most compact ignition system in history. No external ignition coil to sweat out.

If you're swapping points to an HEI distributor to lower maintenance requirements, you’re good to go, but will you be able to feel a difference if you do?