Yeah this little fan box seems to work well. The little ignitors really do warm up the air coming out from the front of the box. I made the box from alloy too and used that heat paste between the heatsinks and the box. So the box gets warm too. I thought the fan was gonna be over kill- I was really building it this way as it was just fun to tinker and make the little box. But I'm glad I added the fan now seeing how hot the air gets in the box :micro:
Those ignitors do get hotter at idle for a while than when cruising along eh.
On to the new ignition. It works! And bloody well at that too.
Its always a happy moment when a car starts after some engine/ignition wiring has been done. This stuff I've just done is a piece of curse word compared to fellas making and wiring in ecus and curse word like that. But I'm still happy.
Anyway. I turned the coils upside down and the wires still lined up fine. So I mounted it that way and the leads now reach. Cool.
Then I removed the old ignitors from the side of the dizzy and stashed them away in the boot with the old coils- emergency use...
I connected the 4 wires into the now exposed dizzy ignitor sockets, the wires I had put in place a few weeks ago in my first attempt at the setup.
Turned the key with a touch of choke and it fired up pronto. Took it for a drive. Sweeeeeet. Much much smoother all through the rev range- this on top of what was a pretty smooth engine. Where its most noticeable is cruising in a high gear just on the throttle. In say 4th or 5th at 50kph there used to be a bit of stumble, mild popping or snatch but thats all gone. Its smooth right down to say 1500 rpm where I can then pull away with no stumbles. There used to be a rumble/resonance from what I thought was the prop shaft when in a high gear going up a gentle gradient. But thats gone. I think the fuel at low down revs is being burnt that much better.
The response is loads better too- just smoother and sharper. Pulls better from low down.
The idle note is a touch louder and definitely smoother until the fuel starts pooling....
The car still idles way too rich and starts to splutter if I try to gently raise the revs after even 20 secs of idling. I cant set the carb jet any higher as it leans out everywhere else then so I will just have to make a new needle with a different profile. I can buy one with almost the profile I want but at $45 a needle I'd rather have a go making my own and get it dead right.
Oh and the rev counter now flutters away and reads 500 to high at idle. But as soon as I even breathe on the throttle pedal its goes still, drops back to 1000 ish and when driving its fine as. Odd!? I really don't know what is causing this? Its just a cheap Trisco item. That I paid $7 for... But it works fine with the stock setup.
Those ignitors do get hotter at idle for a while than when cruising along eh.
On to the new ignition. It works! And bloody well at that too.
Its always a happy moment when a car starts after some engine/ignition wiring has been done. This stuff I've just done is a piece of curse word compared to fellas making and wiring in ecus and curse word like that. But I'm still happy.
Anyway. I turned the coils upside down and the wires still lined up fine. So I mounted it that way and the leads now reach. Cool.
Then I removed the old ignitors from the side of the dizzy and stashed them away in the boot with the old coils- emergency use...
I connected the 4 wires into the now exposed dizzy ignitor sockets, the wires I had put in place a few weeks ago in my first attempt at the setup.
Turned the key with a touch of choke and it fired up pronto. Took it for a drive. Sweeeeeet. Much much smoother all through the rev range- this on top of what was a pretty smooth engine. Where its most noticeable is cruising in a high gear just on the throttle. In say 4th or 5th at 50kph there used to be a bit of stumble, mild popping or snatch but thats all gone. Its smooth right down to say 1500 rpm where I can then pull away with no stumbles. There used to be a rumble/resonance from what I thought was the prop shaft when in a high gear going up a gentle gradient. But thats gone. I think the fuel at low down revs is being burnt that much better.
The response is loads better too- just smoother and sharper. Pulls better from low down.
The idle note is a touch louder and definitely smoother until the fuel starts pooling....
The car still idles way too rich and starts to splutter if I try to gently raise the revs after even 20 secs of idling. I cant set the carb jet any higher as it leans out everywhere else then so I will just have to make a new needle with a different profile. I can buy one with almost the profile I want but at $45 a needle I'd rather have a go making my own and get it dead right.
Oh and the rev counter now flutters away and reads 500 to high at idle. But as soon as I even breathe on the throttle pedal its goes still, drops back to 1000 ish and when driving its fine as. Odd!? I really don't know what is causing this? Its just a cheap Trisco item. That I paid $7 for... But it works fine with the stock setup.
. It was a cool trip and yep you would love it here. Even in Winter it's not too glum- well at least where we live. It's either sunny or very cold with hopefully snow on the ski fields. Not often constant rain although the weather patterns are definitely changing eh!
