griffith 500 probs gone, thanks all...

[panic]

For sure you'd remember the malfunctions that i had in my 500 engine 'cause i've been bothering you in a few threads

well, today i've changed coil, distributor, amplifier and potentiometer...i dont know which one was the cause of engine iussues but they're finally cured, the timing is set at 32 at 4.000rpms, it slightly ping if i pull hardly the throttle beeing at over 5.000rpms but i'll take care of that tomorrow with a fine tuning and without strobo, i'll drive/check and adjust timing myself...

the car has found its previous strength and its smooth and thunderous sound.

thanks all
Giuseppe

[Pasco]

panic said:

For sure you'd remember the malfunctions that i had in my 500 engine 'cause i've been bothering you in a few threads

well, today i've changed coil, distributor, amplifier and potentiometer...i dont know which one was the cause of engine iussues but they're finally cured, the timing is set at 32 at 4.000rpms, it slightly ping if i pull hardly the throttle beeing at over 5.000rpms but i'll take care of that tomorrow with a fine tuning and without strobo, i'll drive/check and adjust timing myself...

the car has found its previous strength and its smooth and thunderous sound.

thanks all
Giuseppe

Well Done, i bet you are still enjoying roof off driving you lucky chap

[spend]

Buying the ign amp as a spare, off someone doing an ECU upgrade would be a wise move IMHO

Dave

[Johno]

Just make sure you run a normal coil rather than a Mallory upgrade or any other type of higher output coil as they eat ign amps . . .

[panic]

Johno said:

Just make sure you run a normal coil rather than a Mallory upgrade or any other type of higher output coil as they eat ign amps . . .

well, i had the mallory upgrade coil, could it be that fried my amp? tim of act sent me a stock coil this time but i left the old mallory one, should i fix the new normal one then?????

Edited by panic on Friday 12th October 22:11

[OscarT]

Definitely fit the Bosch coil from ACT.

[panic]

Johno said:

Just make sure you run a normal coil rather than a Mallory upgrade or any other type of higher output coil as they eat ign amps . . .

sorry i forgot to say that the amp i have is not the stock one but an uprated aftermarket...will the mallory coil still eat it??

[GreenV8S]

panic said:

sorry i forgot to say that the amp i have is not the stock one but an uprated aftermarket...will the mallory coil still eat it??

Impossible to say without knowing the current rating of the coil and the amp. But for example RPI sell uprated coils and the uprated ignition amps to suit - obviously, those uprated amps are rated appropriately for those coils.

[panic]

GreenV8S said:

panic said:

sorry i forgot to say that the amp i have is not the stock one but an uprated aftermarket...will the mallory coil still eat it??

Impossible to say without knowing the current rating of the coil and the amp. But for example RPI sell uprated coils and the uprated ignition amps to suit - obviously, those uprated amps are rated appropriately for those coils.

well, both coils and amp are from rpi, the coil is a mallory, the amp is one the latest they have in catalogue, this one



what do you think? should i keep the mallory coil or go back to the stock bosch one? thanks..