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| posted on January 30th, 2003 at 11:13 PM |
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Give us your opinions on this
Universal High Energy Ignition Kit
From jaycar catalogue
http://www1.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=KC5247&CATID=25&keywords...
Ooh thats long
also as an accessary
http://www1.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=KC5202&CATID=25&keywords...
Hope they work!
BTW I'm thinking about using these in my kombi or beetle so would welcome any comments.
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| posted on January 30th, 2003 at 11:53 PM |
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Jaycar kits can work well 
IF !!!
you have the knowledge to figure them out
thats the bit i always missed out on:puke
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| posted on January 31st, 2003 at 02:07 AM |
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I bought a High Energy ignition from Dick Smith i wasnt too impressed mine was stuck on 80 degrees dwell should be something like 63 degrees.But hey
try it you might be lucky if it works your laughing.I think anyone with good eyesight and a magnifying glass with a bit of patience and a couple of
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| posted on January 31st, 2003 at 06:21 AM |
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Building it shouldn't be a problem.
I was hoping that someone had used this particular kit and knew what it could do and whether it was any good.
What do these things do anyway ? the decription isn't exactly detailed.
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| posted on January 31st, 2003 at 07:03 AM |
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KC5247 is designed to clean up the spark for optimal combustion. Spark produced by standard 'old style' ignition systems often don't
have a very good strength or length and this kit is designed to fix that.
KC5202 is designed to time the ignition. It essentially is a variable delay that can be altered to suit the rpm range. eg. you can dial in a lot more
advance at higher revs if that is what you want. Unless something has changed, this kit doesn't have a load sensor, so you would have to keep
your vacuum advance mechanism anyway. I'm not sure that I would bother with this one, you have a stock motor and unless you are REALLY clever,
the stock timing is going to be better than anything you will get out of this.
If you want to spend money on something that will increase your reliability and possibly performance, while at the same time reducing maintenance then
get yourself an 'electonic ignition'. These replace the contact points and use either an optical trigger or Hall effect (magnetic) to
produce the pulse which then activates the coil to produce spark. Either type will eliminate camshaft lobe wear and contact point wear which both
affect your timing - just set it and forget it. The only reason you will ever have to remove your distributor cap again is to check for cracks.
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| posted on January 31st, 2003 at 08:39 AM |
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Thanks Kol.
Would these kits be able to be used as an eletronic ignition that is set to reproduce the stock dwell and timing ?
How much is an electronic ignition ?
If there isn't much price differance I would probably go with the kit as i would enjoy the building.
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| posted on January 31st, 2003 at 08:45 AM |
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www.mooreparts.com/compufire
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| posted on January 31st, 2003 at 08:46 AM |
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I went all the way and put together the multi spark cdi kit (KC5232) wound the transformer (some 400 turns) and all. It made a very noticeable
difference in the motors operation, fuel economy and starts improved much. Year and a half later it left me stranded in peak hour traffic trying to
figure out how the original system was wired. Still looks in tact but no one has been able to track down the fault. I’d recommend a compufire module
(which is what I have now) and maybe a Mallory cdi.
Mick sells compufires too i think.
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