Be sure and mount a set points and condenser on a spare plate, these E.
ignitions are great, but, when they go out, you will need the back-up, ask
me how I know. "FT"
----- Original Message -----
From: David Lee <davelee1@home.com>
To: triumph <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 2:33 PM
Subject: electronic ignition
>
> I just finished installing the Crane XR700 electronic ignition conversion
> for the TR4. Let me say...this has got to be the single best thing Ive
ever
> done to the performance of the car. The first time I started it up and
> drove away it felt like I had swapped my engine with a much more reliable
> newer engine. There were a few problems with the installation as pointed
> out before by someone on the list. The shutter needed to have the center
> hole cut to fit over the lobes and the pivot post for the points needed to
> be removed. The installation took a little over an hour and the results
> were unbelievable.
>
> As for the problems I was having before with overheating and poor
> performance, they may all have been attributed to a faulty ignition
system.
> This weekend I replaced my electric fuel pump and rebuilt my carbs and
> adjusted almost everything that I could. Nothing resolved my problems
until
> I added the Crane.
>
> I highly recommend the conversion for you non concourse people. And for
the
> price of a remanufactured one from Cranes website it is just so worth it.
>
> Thanks
>
> NFI just my $0.02.
>
> David Lee
>
> I will have pictures of the system up on my website in a few days.
>
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