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electronic dizzy cortina/escort 2ltr sierra.


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Well basicly i just done this on my escort with a 2ltr sierra motor in it ive colour coded the wires to make it easier what i done was cut the wireing loom out of a 88 sierra and got the control box aswell (big silver box) i cut it off at the firewall you will find some wires comeing from there to the positive battery terminal take them all and brake the wireing loom down till you get just before the plug basicly where the tape stops and you should be able to find all the wires ive shown the blue and red wire on the wireing diagram i am not sure where it goes on the plug but that does not matter as it is running to the positve battery terminal if you just go bak from there you should find it so basicly yourl end up with the plug which is allready attached to the loom to the dizzy a positive and negative to power the control box and then a positive and negative to the coil and it will work fine ask me questions if i havent explained this anuf cheers

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allso i have a diagram of the 84 model electronic ignition

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ps sorry i only just read the rules if you do not think this is worthy of being in here tell me and ill change it or you can delete it cheers

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here is a wiring diagram for the esc2 ignition module. the one with the wires to carb step motor, manifold heater, and 3 relays.

http://nw.rhocar.org/ESC2.htm

Ive pulled all the other shit out like heater, carb wires relays etc cause im runnin a 32/36 but im not sure if it will work cause i havent started it yet. will let everyone know when i have

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I can say that this conversion is easy and works mint. This is how mine is all wired up with a sierra elctronic distributor and silver motorcraft box, being used with a 32/36 weber carb and a gt40r coil. Best thing to do is to open up the wiring loom connector and choose the right wires to use by the pin number, rather than the wire colours as different years had different coloured looms I have found.

Wire number 1 = negative coil

Wire number 2 = earth

Wire number 7 = to the same colour on distributor plug

Wire number 8 = postive coil

Wire number 14 = earth

Wire number 15 = to the same colour on distributor plug

Wire number 20 = to the same colour on distributor plug

Vacuum hose = vacuum advance

All other wires can be ignored/cut off

I also replaced my inline ballast resistor with normal wire so the system would be running at 12v rather than the 7ish which a points system run on.

The hardest part I found was actually getting it to idle for the first time and I found that I actually had it more or less 180degrees out, which confused me as it went in exactly how the points dizzy was facing etc. Once you get the engine idling, for a standard pinto set the static advance at 8degree btdc @ 800rpm.

Heres diagram that i simplified with only the wires that you need:

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