- 1. Distributor swap (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <rolindsay@stoolhead.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 10:24:19 -0500
- Hello Friends, As you know, the'76 Midget has the first generation of 'electronic ignition'. Should that unit fail, and mine may be doing so, I would be inclined to fit an earlier distributor and an
- /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00132.html (7,027 bytes)
- 2. Re: Distributor swap (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Root <proot@iaces.com>
- Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 10:12:41 -0600
- Well, the 1500 is actually the Spitfire engine, so us MGers are less likely to have an old one laying around. There should an aftermarket EI module for that distributor. Pertronix should have that. O
- /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00133.html (7,468 bytes)
- 3. Re: Distributor swap (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <rolindsay@stoolhead.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 11:38:36 -0500
- Paul, there is nothing emissions-friendly about me. I feel that a few nicely tuned classics can't possibly make more emissions than 10 million Honda Accords. :-P Seriously though, a few years ago I r
- /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00134.html (7,622 bytes)
- 4. Re: Distributor swap (score: 1)
- Author: jello@ida.net
- Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 10:19:44 US/Mountain
- Replying for Paul - the ideal ignition curve will highly depend on the cam being used (and of course other inherent characteristics such as valve size and compression ratio). The best way to determin
- /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00135.html (8,305 bytes)
- 5. Re: Distributor swap (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <rolindsay@stoolhead.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 12:26:09 -0500
- Thanks. I know that this can be a touchy subject but I have found that establishing cross references is really valuable. Just some idea of what one application is versus another is of value. best, ri
- /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00136.html (8,997 bytes)
- 6. Re: Distributor swap (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Root <proot@iaces.com>
- Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 11:59:01 -0600
- Got the wrong Paul for a question like that. I just remember stuff from the list and spout it back out. I think the teglerizer site (Paul Tegler) has stuff on the 1500: http://www.teglerizer.com/triu
- /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00139.html (8,688 bytes)
- 7. Re: Distributor swap (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt \(T\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 10:18:21 -0000
- Doable for a 'performance' distributor without vacuum advance, much more difficult for one with.
- /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00160.html (7,574 bytes)
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