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Re: New dizzy for A series engines

To: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
Subject: Re: New dizzy for A series engines
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 16:36:43 -0700
Cc: spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>, sprite mod list <spridgets-mod@autox.team.net>
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Frank,
     What model Isuzu did you pull it from?
Mike MacLean
60 Sprite

Frank Clarici wrote:

> Tinkerers and the rest of the list.
>
> I have accomplished modifying and installing an Isuzu dizzy to work in 
> my Sprite.
> This is very similar to the Hitachi dizzy but it fits better, looks 
> more stock, and has a clip on cap.
> It has about the same advance curve, a very smooth vacuum advance 
> plate riding on small ball bearings so it advances smooth and quick. 
> It rotates the correct anti clockwise direction, and the dizzy cap is 
> numbered for the plug wires which are in just about the original local 
> as the stock Lucas dizzy.
> It is a 2 wire electronic unit. I got mine from a junk yard for $10 
> and it took about an hour to modify with a grinder and a drill.
> The shaft has to be cut down and the dizzy case has to be cut by about 
> a 1/4" off the bottom. Redrill the shaft for the Lucas drive dog, 
> grind the clamp base to fit the Lucas clamp, and it's done.
> I only drove arounf the neighborhood but it works just fine, and it 
> seems smoother like the Hitachi but it fits better and looks neater.
> So now you can have an Izzy Dizzy in your Spridget (if you want)
> Why did I do this? Because I just happened to notice the Isuzu dizzy 
> was a counter clockwise dizzy and it looked like it would fit. B 
> esides, I tried this a year ago only to have a bum electronic unit in 
> the dizzy I grabbed from the junk yard and I was not about to be 
> defeated.





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