I converted a 4-cyl Mallory Unilite distributor that I had in my Spitfire
(same one for MGB & TR7) to a 6-cyl unit by changing the rotor/shutter and
the cap ($30), put it in my son's TR6 along with a Mallory ballast and a
sport coil, and opened up the sparkplug gap to 0.035". The Mallory dropped
right in and worked perfectly, but we lost the tach as the distributor did
not have the cable drive. We later refinished the instrument panel and sent
the instruments to Palo Alto Speedometer for refurb and had them convert the
tach to electronic. We've had no problems in 4 or 5 years with this set-up.
Michael Altomare
Georgia Triumph Association
'74 TR6 & '77 Spitfire
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Shawn J. Loseke
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 12:38 AM
To: 6pack; Greg Perry
Subject: RE: Electronic ignition systems for TR6
>===== Original Message From Greg Perry <rgperry@earthlink.net> =====
>Hello,
>
>If one wanted to put an electrinic ignition system on thier TR6, which
>system is the best overall?
You are sure to get a good variance of opinions here.
Personally, I have been running a Pertronix for close to eight years with no
troubles at all. They are touchy and easily damaged if not set up properly
and
they had a run of bad units. Which is probably why their reputation is a
little tarnished.
The Crane's have a very high reliability rating. But I have heard they can
be
a pain to set up, but after that it's smooth sailing.
I haven't heard much on the Unilite's but am very interested in them.
Shawn J. Loseke
Fort Collins, CO
http://www.triumphowners.com/79 (1972 TR6)
http://www.triumphowners.com/690 (1980 TR8)
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