Re: magneto

[Dave Dahlgren <ddahlgren@snet.net>]

What you need is one good mag if they are required. If not any good CD ignition
will out perform the mag on an outboard that is why merc and others went to CD
Ignition in the first place. Is there a latter model engine with a good
electronic ignition that you can mount where the mag used to go with some
reasonable amount of effort. You can also in many cases get better magnets for
the flywheel as this is what usually goes bad in a magneto in the first place.
Gapping them closer also helped my Johnson outboard a lot too when I had an old
40 hp with a magneto igntion.
Dave Dahlgren

LGMCAFEE@aol.com wrote:

> This may be off the land racing topic but still is a motorhead question. We
> race outboard Merc motors that have a mag on them about like the fairbanks
> mags on a lot of old farm tractors. What I am going to do is run two separate
> mags to one spark plug. I know a lot of drag motors have two mags but they
> also go to two sets of plugs. My question is will what I'm doing work or will
> it back feed and burn up both mags and also do you think there will be any
> performance advantage. I just got mags mounted and belts run, It looks like a
> factory setup if only It works.
> Thanks for any feedback
> Larry Mac

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