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Electric Ignition, like i know the difference!!!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 9:10 pm
by New_Boy_Traveller
Electric ignition, whats the difference between this and old style?
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 9:46 pm
by Onne
Mostly not having to worry about points barbequeing themselves, well, no more points, so less electrical maintenance
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 2:40 pm
by salty_monk
Yes, no more point setting & no more condensors going south... Should also mean you get full power & best MPG without constantly fettling.
I use an Aldon Ignitor on another vehicle & people from here have used them to great effect. Not cheap though but seem to be more reliable & cheaper than lumenition & are also more hidden as all parts go under the dizzy cap...
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 2:41 pm
by salty_monk
Price is around £75 from memory...
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 2:54 pm
by Cam
Yep, I use an Aldon Ignitor too (have done for over 10 years). The only problem that I had (after 10 years) was one of the leads going to the unit broke internally and caused an intermittant misfire, but after re-soldering it was fixed.
Re: Electric Ignition, like i know the difference!!!
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 4:01 pm
by 57traveller
New_Boy_Traveller wrote:Electric ignition
Better than the steam type!
The Lumenition system is all hidden inside the distributor and is/or used to be cheaper (about £10) than the Aldon type. But yes an improvement on the contact breaker.
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:53 pm
by salty_monk
huh - I thought Lumenition had only just starting doing a version that's all internal of the dizzy cap? The "normal" lumenition has a box you have to bolt somewhere under the bonnet & they were always more expensive not cheaper!
In any case the Aldon version is more reliable.. there are others around apart from these 2, practical classics did a review last year I think of a few different ones if you can get a copy.....
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:10 am
by 57traveller
salty_monk wrote:huh - I thought Lumenition had only just starting doing a version that's all internal of the dizzy cap?
At least four years, I fitted mine in December 2000.
Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 10:19 am
by picky
There are two types of the lumenition kit, one fits under the dizzy cap, and the other much more expensive kit is an 'optronics' one, which uses an external box. Hope this helps,
Tim
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 9:48 am
by 57traveller
That's right Tim, the "Magnetronic" fits into the distributor.