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Ignition Module/Amplifiers
James - 20/1/04 at 05:40 PM

Please could someone confirm that the Ignition Module/Amplifier (I presume they're the same thing!) is different on an EFI car than that on a carb' car.

I just want to confirm that I can't use the module that came with my EFI Pinto donor now that I'm running it with carbs.

Thanks,

James

TPG - 20/1/04 at 05:56 PM

somewhere,may be on here.I,ve seen and read that it is a good common modification to fit the efi/electronic ignition dizzy to pintos when running carbs.It could be classic ford or something like that.Have a root 'round cause it does away with pionts and condenser.

theconrodkid - 20/1/04 at 06:11 PM

the dizzy on efi is diffo and needs amp that runs efi as well,carbed ones just have amp on side of dizzy n coil

ady8077 - 20/1/04 at 06:29 PM

Hi
The dizzy's different too on an efi pinto, it hasn't got mech advance
Easyist way is to get a dizzy coil and amp off a 1.6 ohc sierra, theres only 5 wires and the dizzy got mech advance
Hope this helps
Adrian

Dusty - 20/1/04 at 07:05 PM

Sierra pre 85 2.0L carbed or 1.6L, (not economy) has six wire inductive module with Bosch dizzy and mechanical advance and is easiest IMHO. Pics in my photo archive.

James - 21/1/04 at 11:29 AM

Thanks for the info everyone.

Ned kindly gave me his dizzy and coil from his 2.0 carb' Pinto. So I just assumed if I got the right amp' it would be a straight swap!

Interestingly the dizzy has no vacuum advance and appears identical to the dizzy from my EFI Pinto!
Do I really need one with an advance if the donor didn't have one?

Thanks,

James

theconrodkid - 21/1/04 at 12:37 PM

james,is there a black box on t side of dizzy?that is the amp,if it only has 3 wires it has a remote amp,ive got wiring diags for all types

James - 21/1/04 at 01:18 PM

No, no black box on dizzy.

Bob's going to sell me an amp' tho. It's just a connector for it I need now.

Does the amp' need to be specifically off a 2.0 litre? Or are they all the same?
As you can tell I don't really know what they are for!

Cheers,

James

theconrodkid - 21/1/04 at 04:07 PM

amp needs to be matched to dizzy,bet some pics and ill let ya know

bob - 21/1/04 at 06:59 PM

James

The amp is free of charge

James - 22/1/04 at 01:19 PM

Thanks mate- that's good of you!

Just wish i wasn't such a muppet and knew if it'd work or not!

Oh well, I'll wire it up and see what happens!

Cheers,
James

ned - 22/1/04 at 03:26 PM

for info, that dizzy was off a d reg 2.0 pinto car. probably already told you that james. anyway, if it helps etc etc..

Ned.

bob - 22/1/04 at 05:07 PM

I think i have another dizzy knocking about in the garage that matches the amp i have,i'll bring it to newlands on the 1st anyhow.