Thread: Electronic ignition inquiry

The v8 County I have has the original distributor with an after market electronic ignition kit installed, basically remove the points and condenser and replace with a hall effect sensor and a chopper (its a castellated piece that sits on the centre shaft and has a castellation for each cylinder to generate the pulse) and an extra box external to mount near the coil which wires up to the existing wiring.

I can't remember the brand but I can go have a look as it has saved me doing the points every 5000 km, and if it does break I have a set of points and condenser in the toolbox which take about 5 minutes to change back.


Richard

Years ago I replaced the points in my Rover car with a Crane Cams ignition system Crane Cams | High performance multiple-spark CD ignition for racing or street and the reason I chose Crane, is because I asked my mechanic friend first, who asked his colleagues who told him which was a good-quality system and which was rubbish.

Anyway, it performed faultlessly for 10 years and is still in the car; however; even with a good bit of kit like this, all you are really doing is replacing the points and possibly getting a stronger spark. For me, saving $30 per set of points 5 times year was initiative enough back then, but now I would consider replacing the distributor with something better, such as an ignition controller which takes its timing directly off the crankshaft.

Which is I why on my Sunbeam, I am fitting Megajolt KWD's Megajolt Ignition
which can be fitted to any old car and guarantees the best performance all of the time and is programmable as well. This of course depends on how often you use the car; how original you want it to look; and whether you feel competent enough to fit and wire the parts and use a computer to programme the ignition map; as well as the initial cost.

I am also going to fit Megasquirt to my Disco and bin the distributor

Cheers Charlie