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Post by taterjuice on Aug 27, 2015 9:42:22 GMT -5
Ended up put white and red together and it has spark, worked with my spare box so it'll do.
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Post by taterjuice on Aug 28, 2015 8:22:22 GMT -5
Just realized I wasn't thinking the other day. I have always followed the diagram from Demoman240 which has the white wire tied into the starter wire. That has worked for me, but apparently isn't the only way to skin that cat. My apologies, I hate giving bad info. Glad you got it going though tater. no worries man. Also found out one of my spare boxes was junk. So I mounted the 2 good ones I have to inside firewall and mounted an extra coil in there as well.
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Post by teammass22 on Sept 9, 2015 22:51:13 GMT -5
I'm in the process of wiring a Ford 3.8 and I was wondering about the white wire now I have 2 white wires on my duraspark do I just not use them or tie them both into the red wire?
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Post by taterjuice on Sept 10, 2015 1:17:16 GMT -5
Just Gona say this here. Ran tfi thru my first demo without a hitch. Not a problem yet. Seems reliable so far I'll let you all know how it goes round 2.
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Post by teammass22 on Sept 13, 2015 20:51:11 GMT -5
I thank you guys for all of these posts I'm going to be putting power to my duraspark system tomorrow I hop I don't fry the box,, fingers crossed
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Post by taterjuice on Sept 14, 2015 13:46:51 GMT -5
Or have your dizzy lock up
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Post by teammass22 on Sept 14, 2015 22:17:28 GMT -5
Want to thank everyone for the input I wired it like the hand drawn sketch c4 posted in the beginning of this thread, I hit the switch, and I have spark, the old 3.8 turned over great,, nice strong spark. Fuel setup is next!!
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Post by taterjuice on Sept 17, 2015 1:02:46 GMT -5
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Post by klicky96 on Sept 17, 2015 13:31:09 GMT -5
By the looks of it, it's a standard dizzy. Should be able to wire a coil to it and be good. Only a two wire plug, and by the looks of it, has a built in pickup. I'm 99% positive you can split the wires, run one to one post on a cylinder coil, run the other wire to the other post, run a hot to the positive post on the coil and you should be fine. I know you probably understand the coil wiring, you're a smart man, I've seen your work and have read your advice. In my honest opinion, with what I have done, and the dizzys I have seen, that one should be a basic setup.
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Post by taterjuice on Sept 17, 2015 14:23:04 GMT -5
You probably could use that dizzy, but I have no knowledge on it. Seems like an odd bird. I'm not sure that a lack of mechanical advance is an issue though. I've seemed to have better results without using the mechanical advance with both points and duraspark setups. If you aren't crazy about duraspark, I'd try to find a points dizzy. As far as I've seen they've stopped selling them in parts stores within the last few years, so I think you'd have to look for one on ebay, etc. Usually when no ones using a setup there's a reason. And tfi has been great but due to how the pickup is clocked there is very little adjustment, basically it runs or it don't, and using an older motor I think my power could benefit greatly by advancing the dizzy. All these problems really stem from not having low enough gears. However did find out today they do make 5.13 gears for the 7.5 now. By the looks of it, it's a standard dizzy. Should be able to wire a coil to it and be good. Only a two wire plug, and by the looks of it, has a built in pickup. I'm 99% positive you can split the wires, run one to one post on a cylinder coil, run the other wire to the other post, run a hot to the positive post on the coil and you should be fine. I know you probably understand the coil wiring, you're a smart man, I've seen your work and have read your advice. In my honest opinion, with what I have done, and the dizzys I have seen, that one should be a basic setup. Idk bout smart but I'm pretty good at reading
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Post by taterjuice on Sept 18, 2015 0:02:56 GMT -5
Would buy a plug and play hei setup but haven't been able to find a decent middle of road setup, just the 100$ one on speedway with all negative reviews or a 400$ msd.
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Post by taterjuice on Sept 18, 2015 10:54:47 GMT -5
Would buy a plug and play hei setup but haven't been able to find a decent middle of road setup, just the 100$ one on speedway with all negative reviews or a 400$ msd. Here's how I set up one on a daily driver: Go to the junkyard and get coil and coil bracket off a vortec, throw that ignition module away and replace with a standard 4 pin HEI module, keep the heat sink. Run a couple wires to ford distributor and you're done. Inexpensive and works. That's a clever idea. Needs a write up with pics for dummies like me
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Post by taterjuice on Sept 18, 2015 12:53:14 GMT -5
Would a regular hei dizzy have the stuff I'd need to pull this off ? Edit figured it out. Guess need to find another duraspark dizzy
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Post by taterjuice on Sept 18, 2015 21:47:09 GMT -5
I get that; and I understand using an ignition system that you are familiar with... Sometimes it seems like guys get carried away with it though; spending time and money switching to hei when there is nothing wrong with the stock ignition setup. I guess it just gets annoying to me that whenever someone has an ignition issue the "solution" is hei... I don't understand why you'd do it, but here you go tater... and so nobody knows... Got to have something to get me along till I drop a 4.3 in there. Idk who thinks up all this stuff but keep it coming. Durapark screwed me once and not 100% satisfied with tfi so just looking for the next best thing.
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Post by generaldoum on Nov 6, 2015 9:13:57 GMT -5
I'm new to minis and new to Ford. I found a 1986 Mustang for sale on the classifieds (haven't seen it yet), with a 2.3 Are the 1986 Stangs carbed or EFI? If they are EFI, is it difficult to switch to carb? What is the ignition supposed to be?
Thanks for the help!
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