Installing Electronic Ignition

["Dick Benjamin" <DickB@xxxxxxxxx>]

I should have said "the 81 Imperial as originally built".  Sorry.

Dick Benjamin

> Both my 81 Imperials have been converted. No more computer. It has a
vacuum
> advance.
>  Syuart Somers

> > 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

> > > 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