Thread: V8 dizzy conversion

Don't know about the thread but I have a distributor and (external) electronic ingnition system here you are welcome to if you want it.

G'dat larns have a look at the crane fire ball system either te 700 or 3000 series ive fitted 2 now with heaps of sucsess both 3000 series units one to my p76 rangie and one to paulios 3.5 rangie ute and these trucks are now much better to drive and have increased power the set up is easy as to fit and make the veh's realy perform best bit is no more ****in points to set weekly

Cheers

Chris

I like using a points distributor to trigger an electronic ignition controller and coil. This way you can arrange the wiring so that when (not if, in my experience) the electronic box fails you can swap terminals around and run on normal Kettering system.

Paddock in the UK have a special on at the moment for electronic dzzys with side module for GBP125.I reckon that is the way to go.Regard sPhilip A

I reckon the external module is the way to go as they're away from the heat.
Also they are a bosch module and used on many cars (including some holdens)commonly found in wrecking yards here in Aus which means you can get a spare for $25. Its the module which usually fails.........
I have a bosch catalogue somewhere with cross references showing all the models you can find the modules on.

I've tried a couple of ignition systems.
Namely the Allison (now Crane) 700 and the Optospark 500.

In my opinion they did NOT make a dramatic difference from a well tuned points system.

What they do have in their favour is set and forget.
They never degrade and the dwell is constant.
So in that respect, they are worth it, but don't expect huge gains.

Thank guys

I've scored an electric set up so if all goes well sould be putting that in next week.

The artical I was refering to detailed haw a bloke cut down a chev dizzy and converted it to fit the rover V8. From his account it was a real sucess. Having the coil built into the cap in one whole unit with just one wire to plug in is a real advantage.
But for now I'll throw in the RR unit and some new plugs.

Cheers

Originally Posted by Ralf_the_RR

I've tried a couple of ignition systems.
Namely the Allison (now Crane) 700 and the Optospark 500.

In my opinion they did NOT make a dramatic difference from a well tuned points system.

What they do have in their favour is set and forget.
They never degrade and the dwell is constant.
So in that respect, they are worth it, but don't expect huge gains.

Well then i fitted the crane 3000 series system and a M S D Blaster coil and have noticed a fair bit of difference in both easyer starting and happer reving and i had a well tuned points system that well tuned i would do it every bloody w/end cause it would change that bloody quick ...

By using the crane 3000 system and using the bigger coil i get a better spark as the coil is run at a constant 12 volts and gennerates a spark that strong when i first fitted it and was playing round with the tune whilst the eng was running i got a zap from it and it made me sick in the guts and i had to sit down for a while it F%$king hurt and now im verry weary of the leads while the eng is running as i dont want another zap like that again

Cheers

Chris