correct me if I'm wrong...but AN F16 is an Air Force weapon of mass
destruction,
not Navy...
now fling an F18 and you're talking Hornets!
Bobby
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From: Christian Marx <tr4racing@googlemail.com>
To: Joe Alexander <n197tr4@cs.com>
Cc: fot@autox.team.net
Sent: Tue, October 23, 2012 2:07:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Best distributor/ignition for TR4 - conclusion
So let me test the word.
A F16 on an aircraft carrier will be fling off and as soon its in the air
it had been flung?
Am 23.10.2012 01:43 schrieb "Joe Alexander" <n197tr4@cs.com>:
> a trebuchet will 'fling' your lucas a long distance.
>
> afterwards, it will have been 'flung'.
>
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>-
>
> two of our TRs have LUCAS with CRANE/ALLISON....a third one will be fittedin
>the future.
>
> All done by ADVANCED DISTRIBUTORs.....typically the first choice of the
> FOT in the midwest.
>
> Jeff recommended the CRANE/ALLISON over the PERTRONIX for racing.
>
>
> Joe Alexander
> A. R. E.
> 645 1st Street
> Jesup, Iowa 50648
> 319.464.4711 (cell)
> n197tr4@cs.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MadMarx <tr4racing@googlemail.com>
> To: 'Bill Babcock' <ponobill@gmail.com>; 'Scott Janzen' <sjanzen@me.com>
> Cc: 'Triumph 'Friends of Triumph'' <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Mon, Oct 22, 2012 11:44 am
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Best distributor/ignition for TR4 - conclusion
>
> "flung" - that's a nice word. Never heard it before. I like it. Have to look
> what it means.
> Ah, I see. Catapult language.
>
> -----Urspr|ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net
><fot-bounces@autox.team.net?>] Im
> Auftrag von Bill Babcock
> Gesendet: Montag, 22. Oktober 2012 18:09
> An: Scott Janzen
> Cc: Triumph 'Friends of Triumph'
> Betreff: Re: [Fot] Best distributor/ignition for TR4 - conclusion
>
> Gee, maybe I shouldn't have flung all those Lucas dizzies with my catapult.
>
> We do know that Mallory's come apart every so often. The stops break off and
> the weights mill the insides. If you're running points all that aluminum
> dust ends your race, while if you have a pertronix, it doesn't.
> On Oct 22, 2012, at 9:01 AM, Scott Janzen <sjanzen@me.com> wrote:
>
> > I had an informative talk with Jeff at Advanced Distributors this morning.
> He recommended a 45D Lucas with a 25D shaft assembly, cuz the larger
> diameter of the 45 cap eliminates cross-fire issues. He balances the
> assembly, puts in a full length shaft bushing, and makes some other
> improvements. He uses a high quality cap with added ribbing, and says it
> does not flex, fits tightly and does not have the problems of most
> replacement caps available. He also supplies rotors (red) made for him. He
> says he can run the single points set-up to 10,000 rpm on his machine
> without scatter. My unit will be set up with advance of 18 degrees at idle
> (1500 rpm) going to full advance by 3000 rpm.
> >
> > Of interest to me was the comments he had about Mallory, which is what
> > I
> have in the GT6. He was very critical of the light springs, which he said
> stretch and cause scatter at all rpms. The shaft bushings don't last, and
> the plastic bushings on the centrifugal weights don't last either. He
> indicated that these units ought to rebuilt once a year, but stay in spec
> for only a few months, and doesn't recommend them for that reason. I
> mentioned that inserting the Unilite electronic module in mine seemed to
> have cured the scatter I saw with a timing light, and he responded that the
> electronic unit masks the scatter from poor bushings, but it's still there.
> He will rebuild these, but says it's not cost-effective in the long run.
> >
> > So, there's a modified Lucas 45 on the way for the TR4, with points
> > for now,
> at a very reasonable price. He doesn't need cores at this point - has 1500
> on hand.
> >
> > Thanks to the group for all the feedback.
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