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Re: Electrical Tune Up & Electronic Ignition

To: "spitfires@autox.team.net" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Electrical Tune Up & Electronic Ignition
From: "alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 13:28:51 -0400
John, but does it do anything over stock late Triumph in the area of 
performance is the question. Any idea?

Alan

Original Message:
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From: John & Judy Tones jtones@home.com
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 09:50:04 -0700
Subject: Re: Electrical Tune Up & Electronic Ignition



FWIW - a local chap has been digging through one of our "recycling yards"
and collecting late series Japanese electronic ignition/distributors and
playing with them on his Spitfire and a GT-6. He has come up with a setup
that appears to work VERY well, looks stock and which can be obtained in
great quantities at junk yards all over the country. He is putting together
a complete instruction sheet with all the numbers and I will keep the list
informed of its availability. It appears that it is about a 1 or 2 hour
conversion that works great at just a few bux of cost and universal
replacement parts availability, even in rural areas.
John Tones - Victoria BC


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bollinger, Bob D. (BODB)" <BODB@chevron.com>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 8:57 AM
Subject: Electrical Tune Up & Electronic Ignition


>
> I have a '79 Spit and am slowly doing little things to try to boost
> performance.  I've seen a recent post by a lister who did kind of an
> electrical tune up.  My question is what should I replace/upgrade since I
> know nothing has been done in a long time on the car:  plugs, ignition
> wires, coil, and "stuff" in the distributor (this is where I'm really
> fuzzy)??
>
> How about electronic ignition?  In the recent issue of Spitfire Magazine
> there was a recommendation to upgrade to electronic ignition.  When I look
> at the car's specs in the Haynes manual it looks to me like it says I
> already have "pointless electronic ignition" or something like that (I
don't
> have the manual in front of me).  Would getting one of those Crane
> electronic ignition kits be an upgrade or something different from what's
in
> the car now.
>
> Thanks for any insights for this electrical system challenged Spitster.
>
> Bob Bollinger
> '79 Spitfire
>
>
>
>



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