Rick & Nick,
My XR700 has been on my Spitfire for two years, no problems. I also put a
coil in with the ignition, a Crane PS20. This coil was spec'ed to be used
at 6V (actually 6 - 9V) by Crane.
One thing extra I did was to adjust the optical trigger so that it never
hit the shutter [chopper disc]. My distributor shaft had some up & down
movement, so the disc was riding very close to the sensor if I lifted the
shaft. I thought it would be better to fix that at installation (while the
distributor was out) than later if I had a problem.
At the time of installation I also changed the plug wires, dizzy cap and
rotor. And I have the plug gap set at .35 [stock is .25].
Atwell Haines
'79 Spitfire
Succasunna, NJ USA
"There is almost always more than one way to skin a cat."
At 07:58 PM 5/29/99 -0700, Rick Gregory wrote:
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>Hi all,
>I just converted my Lucas '74 1500 contact/points
>style distributor over to the Crane XR700 electronic
>ignition system. I also installed the Crane Cams
>Chrome street coil along with the system. I'd be
>interested in hearing from others who use this system.
>Did you have any troubles converting? Are you pleased
>with the performance, etc.
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