magneto vs. dist.

manx1111pla · Post by **manx1111pla** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:30 pm

I have a vertex magneto on my 2275 motor and more than a few people have said to replace it with stock bosch or compufire.any suggestions.What are you using. can i run just stock or do i need more spark. Thanks dse50

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:17 am

Stock 1600 Dual Port VW engine with SVDA distributor: http://aircooled.net/new-bin/viewproduc ... 01&cartid= Universal CDI module: http://universal-co.com/index.aspx The CDI module is triggered by a Compufire Points Replacement Module: http://aircooled.net/new-bin/viewproduc ... 01&cartid= This setup provides 50,000 volts throughout the entire RPM range. If the CDI module goes out, reversing a plug puts you back to stock ignition. If something else goes wrong, pull out the distrubutor, put the spare distributor in, drive on. Figure it out later. No modern car has this kind of redundancy.

newmanx59 · Post by **newmanx59** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:32 am

Are you having problems with the Magneto? If not I would keep it. It's a neat old school piece that is hard to beat as far as spark intensity.

manx1111pla · Post by **manx1111pla** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 3:28 am

Lee, thanks for the advice i'm going to check into that a little more Dale

manx1111pla · Post by **manx1111pla** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 3:35 am

Jerry, i'm not having any problems at this time but i've heard parts are expensive and not readilly available so i thought i could get something a little more generic. it came with the car and since i'm also changing instruments i wouldn't need the signal converter ( if thats what it's called ) for the tach. Thanks Dale