yes, as long as the 454 is not a tall deck block.
under the rotor on the inside of the distributor cap
Clockwise. The 72 Chevy 350 engine did not come stock with a HEI unit. No matter, the rotor still spins clockwise.
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Yes it does.
Stick with the coil recommended by Mallory.
Connect the green wire to the negative side of the coil.
You need to run a switched, full-voltage wire to the "bat" terminal.
if it is a hei ignition there is a place on the distributor cap that says tach.
12v to HEI connection (+) on distributor. Firing order the same 18436572.
no
The wires are different - HEI ignition wires won't work in a standard distributor - they all go in the same relative places though.
hei stands for high energy ignition and refers to the distributor. previous distributors used points and later distributors were controlled by the on-board computer.