EMPI electronic ignition kit

On Nov 10, 11:49*am, wrote:
> What about this Jacobs’ Ignition Kit?
>
> http://www.jcwhitney.com/JACOBS-FC-1...ANCE-IGNITION-...
>
> * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It says you should use their special coil.

You would probably need some of their special Jacob plug wires too.

Joey Tribiani wrote:

> Tony, the Empi part is a clone, and from the little i've read about it, it's
> not the best, but not the worst... the pertronix clone "hotspark" gets very
> poor reviews. you can read about the multiple failures on thesamba. The
> entire points replacement is a debate that continues every time it is
> brought up.... I've had no issues with any pertronix i've ever installed and
> the one i have currently has been in use since i bought it(first one i ever
> bought) in the early to mid 90's...(it is currently installed in a locked
> out 009 in my little turbo engine.)

I'm going to try one and see how it works. It's less than half the
price of the Pertronix and I'm kinda broke right now.

The motorcycle season is over and I don't have the funds to blow that I
do in summer. Assuming a good motorcycle season next year, I'll order a
new distributor from John at aircooled.net with a Pertronix unit already
installed.

The thing comes with a year warranty and if it last that long, I,ll live
with that. If I have any problems, I'll take it back and put a Pertonix
unit on my credit card but I'd rather not do that.

Tony

"Anthony W" > wrote in message
...

> The thing comes with a year warranty and if it last that long, I,ll live
> with that. If I have any problems, I'll take it back and put a Pertonix
> unit on my credit card but I'd rather not do that.
>
> Tony

I always advise anyone to carry spares... either spare points replacement,
or the points and condensor that you remove when you install the module... I
carry a spare distributor that has the points gapped and ready to drop in...
have for all these years, but have not needed it... What distributor are you
currently running?

Joey Tribiani wrote:

> I always advise anyone to carry spares... either spare points replacement,
> or the points and condensor that you remove when you install the module... I
> carry a spare distributor that has the points gapped and ready to drop in...
> have for all these years, but have not needed it... What distributor are you
> currently running?

I'm using a 914 Porsche distributor with a single vacuum advance
conversion. It takes the same points and condensers as the 009 and I
have the old 009 under the back seat.

I'm planning to put a new clamp on the 009 so that in a pinch, I can
swap it out and still be in time.

BTW, the EMPI unit doesn't look anything like the Pertronix. I'll post
some pix later on...

Tony

"Anthony W" > wrote in message
...

> I'm using a 914 Porsche distributor with a single vacuum advance
> conversion. It takes the same points and condensers as the 009 and I have
> the old 009 under the back seat.
>
> I'm planning to put a new clamp on the 009 so that in a pinch, I can swap
> it out and still be in time.
>
> BTW, the EMPI unit doesn't look anything like the Pertronix. I'll post
> some pix later on...
>
> Tony

I saw the picture that someone posted a link to... it is a clone of a
compufire....

On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:39:34 +0100, Anthony W > wrote:

> Joey Tribiani wrote:
>
>> I always advise anyone to carry spares... either spare points
>> replacement, or the points and condensor that you remove when you
>> install the module... I carry a spare distributor that has the points
>> gapped and ready to drop in... have for all these years, but have not
>> needed it... What distributor are you currently running?
>
> I'm using a 914 Porsche distributor with a single vacuum advance
> conversion. It takes the same points and condensers as the 009 and I
> have the old 009 under the back seat.
>
> I'm planning to put a new clamp on the 009 so that in a pinch, I can
> swap it out and still be in time.
>
> BTW, the EMPI unit doesn't look anything like the Pertronix. I'll post
> some pix later on...

No, it looks like this: http://www.vwparts.net/MB9432.html which is the
same link I posted earlier.
Here is the original Compufi
https://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails...Code=C22-21101

J.


>
> Tony



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On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:36:41 +0100, P.J.Berg >
wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:39:34 +0100, Anthony W >
> wrote:
>
>> Joey Tribiani wrote:
>>
>>> I always advise anyone to carry spares... either spare points
>>> replacement, or the points and condensor that you remove when you
>>> install the module... I carry a spare distributor that has the points
>>> gapped and ready to drop in... have for all these years, but have not
>>> needed it... What distributor are you currently running?
>>
>> I'm using a 914 Porsche distributor with a single vacuum advance
>> conversion. It takes the same points and condensers as the 009 and I
>> have the old 009 under the back seat.
>>
>> I'm planning to put a new clamp on the 009 so that in a pinch, I can
>> swap it out and still be in time.
>>
>> BTW, the EMPI unit doesn't look anything like the Pertronix. I'll post
>> some pix later on...
>
> No, it looks like this: http://www.vwparts.net/MB9432.html which is the
> same link I posted earlier.
> Here is the original Compufi
> https://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails...Code=C22-21101
>
> J.


Here is an excellent install guide:
http://www.vw-resource.com/compufire.html

Both the Pertronix and Compufire units might require sanding down the
bottom of the rotor, so it seats fully on shaft and does not rest on the
plastic magnet holder. Take a measure before and after to see if you get
the rotor fully seated.

J.


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>> Tony
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P.J.Berg wrote:

> No, it looks like this: http://www.vwparts.net/MB9432.html which is the
> same link I posted earlier.
> Here is the original Compufi
> https://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails...Code=C22-21101
>
> J.

Yes that's the one. It's 10 bucks more here in town but I don't have to
wait for it. I picked one up this afternoon and I plan to install one
later this week.

I have too much work to do today or I'd be out in the driveway pulling
the distributor right now...

I'll report back later on how well it works...

Tony

On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:48:33 +0100, Anthony W > wrote:

> P.J.Berg wrote:
>
>> No, it looks like this: http://www.vwparts.net/MB9432.html which is the
>> same link I posted earlier.
>> Here is the original Compufi
>> https://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails...Code=C22-21101
>> J.
>
> Yes that's the one. It's 10 bucks more here in town but I don't have to
> wait for it. I picked one up this afternoon and I plan to install one
> later this week.
>
> I have too much work to do today or I'd be out in the driveway pulling
> the distributor right now...
>
> I'll report back later on how well it works...
>
> Tony

Be very carefull with the wiring, you get that wrong once and the unit is
instatoast!!

J.



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P.J.Berg wrote:

> Be very carefull with the wiring, you get that wrong once and the unit
> is instatoast!!
>
> J.


I don't think It's going to be a problem. One wire goes to the positive
side of the coil and the other goes to the negative side. I don't see
how I could get that wrong.

Tony