Nice old motor

[openspaceman]

2 hours ago, GA Groundcare said:

 

Sounds like it needs converting to coilpack and ecu! I did my Rover V8 and transformed it.

I can see that for the V8, it was always difficult to get the dwell angle right enough for the coil to recover and give a fat spark. In my case I like bog standard, it would be different if it were a regular drive.

 

Does the new ecu sit in the distributor or does there have to be a crankshaft position sensor added?

[Oldfeller]

40 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

I can see that for the V8, it was always difficult to get the dwell angle right enough for the coil to recover and give a fat spark. In my case I like bog standard, it would be different if it were a regular drive.

 

Does the new ecu sit in the distributor or does there have to be a crankshaft position sensor added?

even better is to reinstate the Buick 215ci distributor from the original engine,takes a bit of finding but works better than anything joe lucas the prince of darkness could come up with.

[GA Groundcare]

3 hours ago, openspaceman said:

I can see that for the V8, it was always difficult to get the dwell angle right enough for the coil to recover and give a fat spark. In my case I like bog standard, it would be different if it were a regular drive.

 

Does the new ecu sit in the distributor or does there have to be a crankshaft position sensor added?

 

I have 2x Ford coilpacks mounted on the front of the engine, a blank where the distributor was, crank sensor & trigger wheel on the pulley and the ECU is inside the car.