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thechuckster Forums Junkie Location: Brisbane Registered: February 2003	Re: TA22: Electronically Assisted Ignition Mon, 24 January 2005 03:33 dick smith used to make a simple HEI ignition system that used your points as a low voltage switch and then drove your coil to produce good/fat sparks, regardless of engine speed and (to a lesser degree) battery voltage. it made points last for ages as they were only switching a few hundred miliamps and were no longer arcing (the cause of points wear and settings changing). kit used to cost $20-30. i had one in my old RA23 and i never had to buy points or reset the points thereafter. nowadays, DSE and jaycar sell more complicated HEI/CDI systems but they're able to deal with a variety of contactless points (Hall effect, optical, reluctor, etc). you could also get the roter, switch, coil and igniter from a compatible toyota dizzi. is worth it - easier starts regardless of weather, good sparks thru the whole rpm range, less maintenance. [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	TA22: Electronically Assisted Ignition	floppy	Mon, 24 January 2005 03:14
	Re: TA22: Electronically Assisted Ignition	Maurice c	Mon, 24 January 2005 03:32
	Re: TA22: Electronically Assisted Ignition	thechuckster	Mon, 24 January 2005 03:33
	Re: TA22: Electronically Assisted Ignition	oldcorollas	Mon, 24 January 2005 05:14
	Re: TA22: Electronically Assisted Ignition	greenta22	Mon, 24 January 2005 06:26
	Re: TA22: Electronically Assisted Ignition	oldcorollas	Mon, 24 January 2005 07:16
	Re: TA22: Electronically Assisted Ignition	drift86levin	Mon, 24 January 2005 06:27
	Re: TA22: Electronically Assisted Ignition	floppy	Wed, 26 January 2005 22:36
	Re: TA22: Electronically Assisted Ignition	alex_ta22	Wed, 26 January 2005 23:39
	Re: TA22: Electronically Assisted Ignition	biohazard TA22	Thu, 27 January 2005 00:17
	Re: TA22: Electronically Assisted Ignition	floppy	Fri, 28 January 2005 04:54
	Re: TA22: Electronically Assisted Ignition	alex_ta22	Fri, 28 January 2005 05:11
	Re: TA22: Electronically Assisted Ignition	floppy	Mon, 31 January 2005 03:27
	Re: TA22: Electronically Assisted Ignition	thechuckster	Mon, 31 January 2005 03:35

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