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electronic ignition for 18r/18rg
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Wed, 26 February 2003 23:20
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What would be the best solution for upgrading an 18r or 18rg to electronic ignition. I looked into the Crane aftermarket option and it is going to cost $265.00. I'm not even sure what benifits I will see from this amount of money.
My Question is, is there any sort of dizzy swap I can do, be it for a 22re or something. If someone know a bit more on this then I do (not hard) then please point me in the right direction.
Thanks
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Brisbane
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May 2002
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Re: electronic ignition for 18r/18rg
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Thu, 27 February 2003 01:19
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An 18R-GU/GEU comes with electronic ignition from the factory. 22R-E's do also, and I think you can adapt a 22R dizzy to an 18R with a bit of work if you're so inclined.
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Rocky Mountains, Canada
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May 2002
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Re: electronic ignition for 18r/18rg
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Thu, 27 February 2003 02:52
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| Norbie wrote on Thu, 27 February 2003 11:49 |
An 18R-GU/GEU comes with electronic ignition from the factory. 22R-E's do also, and I think you can adapt a 22R dizzy to an 18R with a bit of work if you're so inclined.
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But they both require that engines ECU dont they?
And if they do, they would have advance curves programmed for that particular engine, and cannot be changed.
A better and cheaper option might be to go down to jaycar, pick up a HEI kit, then pull the points out of your dizzy, and replace it with hall sensor and wheel.
This way you keep the engines stock advance curves.
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May 2002
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Re: electronic ignition for 18r/18rg
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Thu, 27 February 2003 03:34
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I'm talking about electronically-triggered ignition (ie still with a mechanical distributor), not computer-controlled ignition. No ECU is required, just the electronic distributor and an ignitor module.
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