Installing Electronic Ignition

["Mountainbrook House" <mountainbrook@xxxxxxxx>]

Both my 81 Imperials have been converted. No more computer. It has a vacuum
advance.
 Syuart Somers
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick Benjamin" <DickB@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Installing Electronic Ignition


> Just for accuracy, the 81 has neither vacuum advance nor centrifugal
> advance, and with no moving parts other than the rotor shaft, there is
very
> little opportunity for wear or deterioration with age or usage.  Of course
> it has no points or condenser either.  All of these functions are
performed
> by the computer - the distributor merely senses the rotation of the rotor
> shaft and distributes the secondary voltage to the spark plugs.
>
> Dick Benjamin
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mountainbrook House <mountainbrook@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 6:40 PM
> Subject: Re: IML: Installing Electronic Ignition
>
>
> > I used a Mopar Ignition on My 81 Imperials. Pulling out the distributor
> > takes a second. It is easier to do that than fiddle around inside the
old
> > one. You can count on a 30 year old distributor to have a weak vacuum
> > advance or wobbly bushings.
>
> >   Stuart Somers
> > Two Imperials
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