----- Original Message -----From: Paul DransfieldSent: Monday, May 14, 2007 11:14 AMSubject: RE: [MarcosManiacs] Conversion to pointless ignition
Hi Richard,I originally had a Petronics system in my car but it failed after only a couple of years. I bought the system in England a long time ago. That was when I thought I'd switched to Lumenition. Just goes to show how l trouble free my ignition systems has been over the last ten years because I just went to double check my installation on the car and realized I had intended to install a Lumenition system but opted for a Crame Cams XR700 system instead. That's the system I've had for 10 years without a single glitch. It's been so long since I installed it, I'd forgotten what system I actually had. I'm sorry for the previous misleading info but at least I have it right now.For the information of any 3 litre Volvo owners, I don't have the standard Volvo 160 distributor because my car has a high performance engine putting out 235 bhp and the distributor which came with it doesn't have vacuum connections. It's much larger than the standard one because the internal components are more substantial.However, Crane Cams have an XR700 universal installation kit to fit any 4, 6 or 8 cylinder distributor. Just go to this page on their website - http://www.cranecams.com/?show=browseParts&lvl=3&prt=182 - where they list the various manufacturers. For Ford, they list products for applications as far back as 1960. I'm sure the have something for any of the Marcos Ford or Volvo engines.
Regards,Paul Dransfield3 litre Volvo----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Porter"
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [MarcosManiacs] Conversion to pointless ignition
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 10:53:45 +0100
On 13 May 2007 Garry Diver wrote:
> Try Luminition. It works with the Tach.
> Garry
>>From: "Bob M" <rhdspritemk1@yahoo.com>
>>Reply-To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
>>To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
>>Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Conversion to pointless ignition
>>Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 15:07:27 -0000
>>
>>I have been trying to find the proper conversion kit for my 1600GT. I
>>;want to get rid of the points in the Lucas distributor which are hard
>>to adjust because my car has the twin weber set up.
>;>
>>Have any of the 1600 GT owners converted to one of these kits, and if
>>so does your tach still work with the kit? I have been trying to get
>>one of the kits for a while and to date I cannot find a kit that will
>>work with the Smiths Tach.
There are different types of Smiths tacho. Some are wired just by
passing the LT coil wire (either side) through an induction loop,
while others require a direct connection to the contact breaker side
of the coil.
However, whilst Lumention should work with both types, I would
actually recomment the Petronics Ignitor (marketed by Aldon in the UK)
which fits inside the Lucas distributor and has a magnetic collar that
fits around the shaft under the rotor arm. It uses the Hall effect
rather than an optical sensor.
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Re: [MarcosManiacs] Conversion to pointless ignition
2007-05-15 by Donny Lang
Richard and Paul,
I too can vouch for the reliability of the Crane
ignition systems. I've had a Crane XR 700 in my TR8 for over 12 years and
it has been absolutely flawless. That system replaced a Pertrinix system that
lasted less than a week. I've used the Luminition system in a few cars for
friend/customers, but they have not lasted as long as the Crane ignitions,
typically only a couple years. To date, I have never had a failure of a
Crane XR 700 or 7000 out of nearly a dozen installed on various
vehicles. The only ignition that surpasses the Crane for reliability
is a Piranah system I put on my Dad's BMW 2002 back in 1977. I still have the
car and it will sometimes still start by just turning the ignition on- no
starter! You can hear the spark plugs zapping in the cylinder. I haven't seen
another one of these is close to 25 years.
-Donny