Ignition Systems??

[jester7]

Hasd anyone fitted an after market M.S.D or Mallory ignition system to there Grif??

[griffsmith]

Have a read of this www.replica-cobra.co.uk/ although not in a griff its a tvr 5L engine with MSD well it was with MSD its moved on a bit since then.. its daxtojeiro car hes about here somewhere and is just the sort of person you want to talk to about this sort of thing..



>> Edited by griffsmith on Saturday 13th May 23:25

[dnb]

I've got 8 coil packs, triggered by IGBTs built into the new ECU.
The car now doesn't have a distributor.

Here's a pic before they went on the car:


I've not got any tuning done yet - it's just programmed with what the dizzy did for the moment while I make sure it's all working right.

[jester7]

Thank you both for your reply!! I was looking at doing what seems to be the usual mods, ACT intake, carbon trumpets, de catted, (its a 500) magnacor leads, MSD, then Mark Adams tornado chip. BUT having read on Phils Dax Cobra web site the benefits of a programmable ECU i was thinking of going down this route?? Would also benefit future mods!!! Has anyone had any experience of Megasquirt ECUs?? In programming, fitting or rolling road time?? Cheers

[topsparks]

Ian,I am having a fully mappable system fitted to my Griff at the moment,If you want to come to the Berks TVRCC meet tommorow I will have a chat to you about it over a beer!

[jester7]

Hi James
Ok sounds good, what time will you be there???

[daxtojeiro]

Hi all,
im a little biased towards the MS system, but an after market ECU has to be the way to go. You have a few options as far as MS goes, either lock your distributor up and use it to trigger the MS ECU and the ECU will then fire your coil, or the best method is to fit a Ford 36-1 wheel onto your crank pulley (£13) and fit a Ford sensor (£5 from a scrappy) and get 2 coil packs from 4 cylinder Fords (£10 from a scrappy or around £30 new) then you have wasted spark and dont have any play in the distributor to mess up the timing. The MS has a built in MAP sensor too, so no need for that restrictive airflow meter to be in line either,
Phil
ps see www.extraefi.co.uk

[jester7]

James
very sorry i missed you at the Berkshire meet yesterday, i had to work late, hopefully i can catch up with you at the next one?