i've got a pobjoy 1916 with an old 050 dizzy, but the cap's borked. i've been having fun (!) trying to track down a replacement cap and it seems that no one has any or knows where to get one.
so, i'm gonna bin this one. a couple of the places i spoke to recommended the 009 mainly because of the availablity.
i'm sure this has been covered before, so i'll go and have a dig around for old threads now, but in case my search is unsuccessful, what would you guys recommend?
Bizarre ·
Here is a good article to read on dizzies / ingnition
By the way
Aircooled.net sell 050 caps for $16.95US
have a play around their site. Lots of stories to read about each product listed
MickH ·
My Pobjoy has the old style 009 dizzy(retard for no.3). The new ones have no retard for no.3 and do not seem to work as well. There was a post here somewhere:jesus about the dizzy's....I have tried the non-offset type in my donk and the performance loss is noticable to me. Give Stan a bell and see what he rekons???? Good luck!! (CB performance(USA)) sell the caps...
cray ·
blue74l wrote:Here is a good article to read on dizzies / ingnition
By the way
Aircooled.net sell 050 caps for $16.95US
have a play around their site. Lots of stories to read about each product listed
i'm running a single 40DCNF
thanks for the tip 🙂
cray ·
Mick H wrote:My Pobjoy has the old style 009 dizzy(retard for no.3). The new ones have no retard for no.3 and do not seem to work as well. There was a post here somewhere:jesus about the dizzy's....I have tried the non-offset type in my donk and the performance loss is noticable to me. Give Stan a bell and see what he rekons???? Good luck!! (CB performance(USA)) sell the caps...
cheers mate
cray ·
also, what about electronic ignition?
MickH ·
I use a Crane XR700/3000. It has an optical pickup. The only problem is you lose the retard on number 3. Have had it installed for 5 years and have not adjusted the timing at all. We ran an Allison (before it became Crane) on our old type 3 for 15 years without any trouble and I still have the unit here...saving it for a rainy day!! There are also Petronics etc but I have not tried them. They are cheaper and probably just as reliable. They Crane was about $350 + the coil. The other systems are under the $150 mark and can use a standard coil. HTH.
cray ·
thanks a lot for that mate 🙂
Golde60 ·
what is the difference between the 050 and the 009 (and the 010 for that matter)
if you are gonna bin the 050, i would be keen to take it off your hands.
i have a compufire with elec ignition and coil pack so the lack of cap doesnt bother me. i can t comment on the setup as the engine has yet to be turned over.
let me know about the 050 as it would be good for some research to wee if i can work out the differences
barls ·
050 has a more advanced curve its better for the t4 2L
Golde60 ·
btw, i have read the aircooled.net article before anyone asks.
the engine is a t4 (almost done)
just want to know what others take on the 050 is.
haw have you found it in your pobjoy engine cray?
cray ·
it's been about 3 years since i actually drove it anywhere, but it did the job fine then. but back then i was a lot less knowledgable when it came to the subject...