There's nothing wrong with having points in your distributor. There's also nothing wrong with walking across country. There's just more efficient ways to get both jobs done. We had a 1959 Willys ...

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 ...

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

Watch as we convert this small-block Chevy from a conventional distributor to a modern coil-near-plug ignition.

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?