william wyatt
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i was thinking about swapping my 1940 ford 9n over to electronic ignition. is it worth spending the money or not? any thoughts are greatly appreciated. thanks in advance
(quoted from post at 00:12:39 05/07/13) I recommend EI.
I put it in one of my tractors and did not have to touch the distributer again for 7 years. I sold the tractor and it is still running on it 1 1/2 years later.
I think the engine started faster - especially in very cold temps - and ran better.
You will find this board is very much anti EI - for some reason, even though there hasn't been an engine built that has points for most of 20 years. Not in an auto, outboard motor, lawn tractor, Briggs or Honda stationary engine, motorcycle, snowmobile, 4 wheeler or anything else that is a gasser. There is a reason for that.
Ei is more reliable, more fuel efficient and requires ZERO maintenance.
One thing I would suggest however is that even though they do make an EI kit for 6V positive ground I would not buy it. But if you have already converted to 12V negative ground and you like the idea of "set it and forget it" then EI is definately the way to go.
...over to electronic ignition. is it worth spending the money or not?
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