Saturday, April 01, 2006

TR4A Electronic ignition

Fitted the electronic ignition and flame thrower coil this afternoon, very quick and easy to install after removing the old points and condensor fitted the backing plate for the new electronic pick up put the sensor unit on and the magnet over the distributer shaft. Replaced the rotor arm and the igintion was fitted. The new coil was fitted to the exisiting bracket after shortening the clamping screw after finding the coil was slightly smaller than the original and the screw fouled the bracket retaining bolt. Plugged in all the wires and fired her up. The car started first time and after setting the ignition timing to 4 degrees btc took her out for a spin. The car seems to run a lot smoother and the tick over once warm was a more even. I even managed to set up the carbs, balanced and set mixture using a colour tune. Number 1 & 2 cylinders were running too rich. The car feels a whole lot differant now much more responsive and pulls well throughout the whole rev range. I may have to take her out for an early morning blast tomorrow so I can enjoy the afternoons efforts.

No comments: