I've gone through 5 distributors on this car, and I'm getting tired of crappy, inconsistent timing on my engine, bouncing tachometers, and poor gas mileage (22mpg at last fill). I can't find an actual new distributor for the car, just a bunch of garbage rebuilds. So far 2 of them just plain didn't work out of the box, one of them fell apart in the store, one had a bearing go bad in it and was squealing horribly, and now the one I have is giving me the bouncy tach. It works, the car drives, but you can feel the car hesitating in lower gears as you cruise and decelerate.
I decided to remedy this problem by just totally dumping the distributor completely. How do you do this, you might ask? With the MegaJolt Lite Jr computer and a Ford EDIS ignition system. Yes, Ford parts on a Honda, and the Ford parts making the car better... The blasphemy is glorious!
So I've been researching, and totally inspired by Cygnus' project threads, and decided that this wasn't much more money than buying a new distributor. I thought I'd give it a whirl and get my car running without that silly, spinny mechanical thing.
Went to the wreckers on Saturday to scrounge up the ignition parts necessary. There were about 20 Ford Escorts at the yard to pilfer and plunder. And turned out none of them had any parts on them. The engines were pulled out of most of them and the rest already had the ignition parts missing.
But, alas, I bought this just tonight on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT
$71.94
Everything I need to get started with the MegaJolt Lite Jr in one, already pulled, convenient kit!
Also just picked up these:
http://www.autosportlabs.com/product_info.php?products_id=41{10}23{11}25{8}19{9 }21
The Megajolt Lite Jr computer.
$175.85
http://www.autosportlabs.com/sequent...ster-p-38.html
The OMG sequential shift light for mad tyte 80hp power shifts!
$13.95
http://www.autosportlabs.com/hard-li...dule-p-36.html
And the hard rev limiter module. I decided to buy the kit that comes with a PCB and all the little bits to solder onto the board, since this looked like a simple, and easy solder job for someone with minimal soldering experience. And if I screw it up, it doesn't screw everything else up with it...
$15.95
After shipping and sales tax (WTF Washington State) $227.77
My total tonight came to $299.71. Seems like a good price for a standalone, crank fired ignition system.
My goal for the weekend is to get my crank pulley machined down so that I can fit the trigger wheel on it. Basically, I'll be taking it, or a spare if I can find one, down to a machine shop and have them machine off the power steering and A/C pulleys, since the car has none of that anyways.
So that's all for now. Will be updating more soon!
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