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Has it been sitting for awhile? Had the same happen with my hillman, it had seized up from sitting around for ages. Fixed it by ripping the handbrake up hard, in neutral, engine running, clutch in and slamming it into gear. Should break it free / break something else. Worked fine for me though, if it doesn't the engine will just stall. May take a couple of attempts to free it up

It'll probably need a bigger pulley on the alternator to drop its revs down a bit.

5 degrees out for the cam gears i think. Dunno which way though

Well there's your problem.. Just kidding, hopefully we'll see this at a meet sometime.

You have another ms63? Giz

Got the plugs on in the right order?

I'd throw a guess to say that the high input signal would be a pulse from the dizzy? Other then that, I don't really know

Mate got his car blasted and it came out mint as. Not too sure what they blasted it with, don't think it was soda but it def wasn't sand. They did a bloody good job though

Still gotta be better than points though

Nah it's all self contained. I'd say all the basic transistor igniters are pretty much the same so there should be a few to pick from. I think all the late 70's chryslers use the same type and they are piss easy to wire, I'd say ford would have something similar, (or maybe lucas )

Yup yup. Could run a higher volt coil and lose the resistor altogether, but then ya won't get the advantage of the higher voltage on cranking. Although I never plugged the starter wire in anyway and have never had a problem when cranking (but then the plugs are still next to new, will most likely make a difference when they wear out a bit)

It basically does the same job as the points, only electronically. The dizzy gives the igniter a signal pulse, the igniter breaks the circuit to the coil and induces the spark. Don't have to worry bout dwell angles and shit wearing out as it's all solid state electrics. Or something near enough to that anyway. Correct me if I'm wrong [edit] http://www.jetav8r.com/Vision/Ignition/CDI.html That has a nice chunk of info

There should be an electronic ignition module ya can steal from something, like a chrysler jobbie or similar, and run an electronic dizzy instead. eg. Simple as really, just need a dizzy that fits your engine.

Who the fuck puked in the club??

Wasn't there a game of ballcup going on in the club at some point?

It just gives a fatter spark for easy starting. Not really a necessity, haven't got it plugged in on the hillman and it still fires sweet. As for the rest of the wiring, just chuck anything needed for running on the 'on', and all the less important stz on the acc.

Was about 10 or so mins out of taupo. Was all good though, chucked around the frizbee, chopped some more piss and had a snooze in the sun while cranking eminem

Fuck yes that was magic! Duel drinking games rules everyones faces Nah it's lush oil smoke this time. Lubrication of the tailpipe stz

Fucking mint. We'll be departing somewhere around 3ish, probably drinking the whole way down

No idea at all. It's Keegans, and from what I've heard it ain't a small kit. Think he's borrowing a van to put it in

Sounds like a plan. Probably won't be leaving till latish due to an auckland mish for a drum kit first

I reckon if hamilton guys make it it'll be epic coz we are better than everyone else

So... Your argument is don't ever bother modifying an engine because it'll never be as good as it was factory... Right... A factory engine is the biggest compromise of all. They are tuned to run in any possible condition, many of which they will never even see. This sacrifices power and fuel economy. Retuning a car for its specific purpose will give good gains over a factory tune even if nothing else on the engine is touched. On top of that, not everyone gives a crap how economical or drivable their car is if their goal is more power, or just to be different. Shit, if everyone thought like you, the automotive world would be a very boring place.

ITT: Anything that isn't dead stock runs like ass.

I'm still keen, but lack of money means I need some homies to help pay for gas. I also only have the criz at this stage which is not cheap to operate.