andyf
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Hi folks, my son has his first retro motor, and being young is not liking points and condensers and wants to convert to electronic, so I am after a bit of advice on what people think are good units and where to get them from. Car is a Mk1 Fiesta with Bosch dizzy. Sorry its a dull question, have some pics of his car.    Thanks. |
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Seth
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being young is not liking points and condensers No excuse! In any case it might be a useful skill to learn in case whatever electronics he fits fails and he can use a spare set of these funny old "analogue" components to get him home... |
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Jul 25, 2011 10:27:27 GMT
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www.hot-spark.com/been in the goof for a while now and been happy with it. still have the points, condensor in the glove box though (just in case).
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bortaf
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Jul 25, 2011 11:33:27 GMT
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grab the dizzy, coil and sub loom form a Mk2 festa with leccy ign only 2 wires to connect and it all looks factory, mainly cos it is  i know lots of dubber that have a hotspark or similar off ebay in thier cars and they love em. |
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Jul 25, 2011 11:43:06 GMT
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I've bought a dizzy and coil from a mk2 (though I neglected to get the extra wiring, I'm sure I'll manage..). Haven't changed it yet but should be a fair improvement. Mine suffers in cold/damp starts and the position, right below the inlet manifold, is a right pain in the hole to get to. Still wouldn't do any harm for him to learn to set them up in the meantime though EDIT: In fact, there are plans afoot to put a Ka engine in mine so there's little point in me fitting it for such a short period of time.. You'd be welcome to the bits for what I paid for them. Send me a PM if you're interested |
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Last Edit: Jul 25, 2011 11:45:44 GMT by ben711200
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ChasR
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Jul 26, 2011 10:37:31 GMT
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Surely the advance curves will be different on a later engine or does it still work well?
Either way, I understand that Accuspark can do you a cheapish ignition kit as do H&H Ignitions (who can also refurb the distributors for you too).
As Seth said, you can learn a bit from points (and none of my cars are even on points these days). Having a dwell meter can help in setting them up in addition to trial and error with the gaps to get the gap right (using the dwell meter: Maplin sell these). Also, use P&C from a reputable source (E.g Bosch, Unipart, Lucas etc.) and not cheap pattern bits available from anywhere (Intermotor). I for one have noticed less failures with the mentioned brands.
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Jul 26, 2011 11:10:58 GMT
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Surely the advance curves will be different on a later engine or does it still work well? I've never compared ignition curves, but the later one is from an 1100 Valencia, and would be going onto an 1100 Valencia. I can't imagine there'd be much, if any difference. It's a common and well documented swap. People have used them on bigger engines too (admitedly, I can't imagine it'd be much cop at anything other than standard tune) |
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ChasR
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Jul 26, 2011 19:36:16 GMT
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Ah, my bad.
I thought that was around the that the Crossflow engine went through quite a few changes and guises.
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