[Spits] [Spit] Electronic Ignition System for Spitfire MK 3, 1970

[Doug Braun]

Was your car clearly running badly before you
upgraded,
or are you saying that switching from a good points
ignition to an electronic one gave you such a big
improvement?

Doug


--- "Bill Miller (LBCs)" <lbcs at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Though I have several spits, my experience with the
> electronic ignition was
> with my MGB.  I recently put an electronic ignition
> system on my daily
> driver MGB.
> 
> I purchase the Moss Petronix unit (with the
> distributor) and a matched coil
> from Ed at Just Brits.  I'm thinking it was around
> ~$220 or so.  I cannot be
> happier.  The car runs much much better and the
> mileage increased nearly 30%
> It was a very simple change (took all of 15 minutes)
> and I could not be
> happier.
> 
> Now I am not sure which of the items caused all the
> improvements (electronic
> ignition, distributor, or coil) or if it was
> combination of all three.  It
> has made the car a joy to drive again.