[VintageLambo] Re: 400GTstatus and build sheet info

Hi Jack: I"ve read the narrative but am not sure why you used a Jaguar V12 top section. Is the mag pickup mounted inside the Lambo distributor? Could you have used two pickups thereby feeding two coils? Thanks. Nash --- In VintageLambo@yahoogroups.com, Jack Riddell wrote: > Hi Bob, > > I use an MSD-6A unit on a single distributor that is derived from an > early Jaguar V12 distributor. The internal pickup is from Chrysler and > the "rotor" is aluminum with 12 ferrous rods spaced at 30 degree > intervals.I wrote a narrative about the setup on Fred"s site at: > > http://www.geocities.com/lamboguy/MSD.html > > It still uses the passenger side cam for drive with the original > Lamborghini setup on the bottom of the distributor. I can provide > additional information if you are interested.BTW, the system works > well. Of course, I don"t have any cold starting issues here in San Diego. > > Jack > > Bob Storck wrote: > > > Jack Riddell wrote: > > > > > Hi Bob, > > > > > > Brings up an interesting memory. I once had one set of points break in > > > a distributor (the problem resulted in a set of shorted points). I was > > > amazed that the car still ran well enough on the six remaining > > > cylinders to get me the half-mile or so home. I don"t think the car > > > would have climbed any kind of grade though. > > > > I know a guy in San Antonio who once drove 300 miles or more in his > > Espada 6, and still cruised over 70. > > > > Whose breakerless ignition did you use, and how did it help the cold > > starting capability? > > > > Cheers, Bob > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service > > .