[Healeys] Lucas - Judson EI ??

[Alan Seigrist]

So basically, the distributor becomes some sort of switching mechanism.  I
suppose the advantage is the points don't get burned and thus timing advance
remains constant.

Alan

'52 A90
'53 BN1
'59 Jag Mk IX
'64 BJ8


On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 11:38 AM, John Sims <ahbn6 at verizon.net> wrote:

> Take a look at this:
>
> http://vwjudsonregister.tripod.com/see-dee_instructions.htm
>
>
> John Sims, BN6
> Aberdeen, NJ
>
> http://www.healey6.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:
> healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Alan Seigrist
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 9:41 PM
> To: Healey
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Lucas - Judson EI ??
>
> After some thought, I wonder if this is the similar to Mike Eck's (of
> jaguarclock.com) who used to make this pretty nifty EI kit that was
> triggered by the points (effectively a system that reduced the voltage draw
> across the points to keep them from burning over time).
>
> Alan
>
>
> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > All -
> >
> > I just saw this on Ebay:
> >
> >
> >
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4012.m656&
>
> item=230472740650&viewitem=&_trkparms=clkid%3D8601541363336937364#ht_500wt_1
> 182
> >
> > I was looking at the wiring diagram and I can't figure out what this "EI"
> > black box does.  Normally I think of Judson as/was a quality firm, but
> this
> > seems like one of those 1960's tricks for "improving performance."
> >
> > Any of you older guys out there have a clue what this thing does?