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What am i doing wrong?? (gm hei ignition upgrade)

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Old Jun 28, 2007 | 07:54 PM
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What am i doing wrong?? (gm hei ignition upgrade)

so im usin two hei one for trailing and one for leading... for the leading and trailing magnets in the dizzy i connected the W to red and the G to green on the ignition modules, as for the positive and negative from the stock modules i connected them to the C and B on the hei's... is there anything else im supposed to do? after i did this it still doesnt start... is there anything im missibg? on all the searches that come up nothing else besides what i did is explained and the pictures dont show anything in wirirng that might help... if anyone can help me i would greatly appreciate it... i also went ahead and pur another hei and coil to the better upgrade 2g something.. but i would like to get my car running like this first.... thanx in advance REY
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Old Jun 28, 2007 | 08:33 PM
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I changed my leading ignition to an HEI igniter and ran that for awhile before I changed to DLIDFIS (with 2 HEI igniters). I've never messed with the trailing. The connections you described are exactly opposite of the way I connected mine.

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Old Jun 29, 2007 | 02:46 PM
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meaning??? the C and B to the RED and Green wire and positive and negative to W and G???
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Old Jul 1, 2007 | 09:17 PM
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W = green (+)
G = red (-)
C = yellow (-)
B = black (+)

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Old Jul 4, 2007 | 02:25 PM
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thats exactly what i did... still didnt start.... i gave up though.. put everything back to stock and now it still doesnt start now i have a whole nother problem which i cant figure out... i've got spark,fuel,ignitors work, car is on timing, cap and rotor are good so are the coils, fuel filter is clean, holley fuel pump clicks, and it still doesnt turn on!?!?!?!?? anyone know what it can be...??
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