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Old 02-02-2012, 09:47 AM
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Default wiring a 350/454 with HEI

ok so a friend and i are talking about our Chevelles and we spoke to a few guys and all of them told us the same thing.
[quote] all you need to get your motor running is 3 or 4 wires. one to the starter one to the alt one to the distributor coil or hei and a ground[\quote]

so basically what they are saying is provide power to those items and we can take a chance at starting our motors. Is that correct? if that's the case why are the engine harnesses so expensive. We both feel there has to be a lot more to it then that. here is what i said we needed

battery positive to a high amp fuse something like 150amp from there to the starter. One wire from the starter battery post to the alternator power post. here is where we are confused. do we run a wire from the alternator to the HEI or do we run one from the battery to the HEI? According to my father he always told me all you need is the battery to start your car the alt does the rest. so that's why i was thinking from the battery to the HEI. is that all? besides running the 12v ignition to the starter and a 12v ignition to the alternator so it knows to turn on?
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