The Series 3 gets electronic ignition

Now, since I've been playing about with the Series 3, I've had nothing with trouble with the points.   I think it is because they were cheap, pattern versions.   The gap kept changing, the engine wouldn't run properly, I even had a set burn out on me...

So, time to bite the bullet I thought and get rid of the points...

Someone over on the 900 Club forum tipped me off to a guy who sold electronic ignition modules for the Lucas distributor.   At under 30 quid, it's a lot less money than a Lumintion unit, and cheap enough that I thought I'd give it a try.

The kit is simple enough, containing a trigger module which fits inside the distributor, a magnetic ring (or a replacement rotor arm with the magnets buit in) and some wiring.

The kit took no more than 5 minutes to fit, and seems to be put together very well.

So, the moment of truth.  I'd already set the ignition timing statically, so I was reasonably confident that it was in the right place...   turned the key and off it went !

Now, I know I was going from an older set of points, but I have to say the difference is amazing.  The engine starts in less than a turn now, it's stable on tickover and revs up and down nicely...   I wish I'd done it ages ago !     Better still, no points to go out of adjustment or cause problems.   For the price / size, I'd even be tempted to keep a second kit in the spares box in case of a failure.

Good work !