Distributors

[Gadgetman]

Is there a better distributor out of the Delco and Lucas units fitted to the Vitesse 6?

I have both in the garage to fit to my rebuilt engine and intend to re-build only one but I’m not sure which one to concentrate on!

 

 

[Colin Lindsay]

Members will probably come down in favour of Lucas, but I run a Delco in the GT6 that was rebuilt by H+H solutions and it hasn't let me down yet.

I've also got a Delco alternator for the Herald, just to be different!

[Pete Lewis]

You cant re build much on  a delco 

You can rebuild much more  on a Lucas

Pete

[SpitFire6]

Lucas.

[Gadgetman]

Thanks. I’ll go with the Lucas. It’s a 41168 B so it’s from a 2 Ltr.  It has 167 after it so I guess it’s from Jan 67 

will the springs need changing as it’s going in a mildly got at 1600 with a 2 Ltr cam and ported head with 6-3-1 exhaust and are the fly weights the same on both 1600 & 2 Ltr?

i guess the only real way to tell will be to rolling road it once it’s all fitted 

[Pete Lewis]

all the dizzy test data is in the triumph workshop manuals 

i ran my   hairy 1600 with a 2 ltr dizzy with reduced vac advance 

Pete

[AndyTV8]

As you say, best option is rolling road with updates between runs to find the best advance curve for your engine.

You could use a programmable 123tune,  16-pre-programmed curves or the more expensive fully-programmable ones (USB or Bluetooth) 

if you are paying by the hour for rolling road time, the second option could end up being more cost-effective.

...... Andy 

[Gadgetman]

Thanks for that Andy

i was going to get my old distributor overhauled. I wasn’t aware of 123 Ignition. 

I’ve  e mailed them for prices. It may be a more cost effective option as the overhaul is around £200 to put it back to as new spec.   So more expensive to convert but as you say I’ll be paying by the hour on the RR so cheaper in the long term!

8 hours ago, AndyTV8 said:

As you say, best option is rolling road with updates between runs to find the best advance curve for your engine.

You could use a programmable 123tune,  16-pre-programmed curves or the more expensive fully-programmable ones (USB or Bluetooth) 

if you are paying by the hour for rolling road time, the second option could end up being more cost-effective.

...... Andy 

 

[Pete Lewis]

Club shop will get your orig recond for 105  or with electronics £220

They  use H and H   

also look at distributor doctor for a quote

Pete

[Colin Lindsay]

11 hours ago, AndyTV8 said:

You could use a programmable 123tune,  16-pre-programmed curves or the more expensive fully-programmable ones (USB or Bluetooth) 

if you are paying by the hour for rolling road time, the second option could end up being more cost-effective.

Make sure you really need one in the long term (wanting is, of course, a completely different thing!). It's great to talk about having infinite variations of tuning, and all of the different advance curves, and then you find you never need more than one, so it can be a lot of wasted cash. I had one on the GT6, and went back to the Delco.

[Guppy916]

I used http://www.h-h-ignitionsolutions.co.uk/technical.htm

on my MK3 GT6 can't fault them