[VintageLambo] Re: Ignition Alterations

Thanks for the explanation. Nash --- In VintageLambo@yahoogroups.com, Jack Riddell wrote: > Hi Nash, > > I changed the subject line since we quit talking about build sheets some > time back :-).The magnetic pickup is indeed under the cap. It sits > adjacent to the rotor which is nothing more than machined aluminum with > 12 metal inserts.I needed a 12 cylinder cap and the Jag cap and body > were readily available (and cheap). And since I now have a single > distributor, a single coil works fine. I can"t take credit for this > setup because the man who devised all this is an old friend (now > deceased) named Bill Stewart. But if you are interested, I can take some > digital photos and provide additional information on the modifications. > It is not all that hard to do. You need to have a machinist friend to > turn the aluminum segment that adapts the Jag top to the Lamborghini > bottom (where it engages the cam shaft). Otherwise, it is a pretty > straightforward setup. > > Best Regards, > > Jack > > nashbap wrote: > > > 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 > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service > > .