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OK, I _think_ that is a 'conventional' distributor with a magnetic electronic trigger in place of points and condenser.

If it has a black and a red wire coming out of the distributor where does the red wire go?

What type of coil is it - any markings?

Can you measure the resistance between the two spade terminals, remove the wiring from one of them.

What tach do ...

Don't EVs have lithium batteries? They are fitted into vapes look what damage they have caused to a wonderful old building in Glasgow. I wouldn't be happy stuffing goodness knows how many amps into an EV's battery in five minutes. Whilst talking about vapes I have heard people are now starting smoking cigarettes to wean themselves off vapes. Apparently vapes have several times more nicotine than c...

Agreed Trev. Yellow flag pit stops are sort of cheating in a way-
Maybe yellow/red flags should be like circle track racing here. Whoever causes the stoppage goes to the rear of the field for causing the stoppage---no exceptions.
ie---If someone happens to clip someone and spin them out, the restart positions go back to the previous lap, the driver that caused the stoppage goes to the rear a...

He had a screwdriver from the lead onto the block- I think he saw a spark.

Fuel pump wasn't making any weird noises for that start.

By electric distributor, its one of those ones by accuspark where they supply the whole thing including the main distributor body.

I have changed the rotor arm recently (decent ones from the distributor dr)

Thanks for that link- I also have...

For elimination purposes ignition light NOT coming on until the engine stopped spinning shows you have power from the ignition switch and the alternator is charging.

When he pulled the lead off No.1 did he check for a spark to the block? Or did it fire up straight away on 3 cylinders so he didn't bother?

When you turned on the ignition switch for that start did you notice if the...

Alas, I spent yesterday checking the coil (spade connections all tight, resistance across the terminals fine), got out some contact cleaner & emery paper and gave a good go at the connectors to the fusebox, coil, starter relay (for good measure).

Drove around for about 30mins, no issues.

Then this morning started up and it was going great until about 15mins in when I got a sudden...

We never told Anam who Tess and Claudia are. Here you are Anam - the blonde one is Tess. Presumably you haven't seen Strictly or Traitors... 🤣

One thing I dont understand is why they dont close the pit lane when the safety car is out like they do in a lot of national meetings as to me you gain an unfair advantage if you pit. A lot of people seem to almost wish for a safety car at times including the commentators while in my opinion they are far too quick to bring it out when it really isnt necessary. A lot of cars could quite safely be c...

Went to Daytona to watch NASCAR: that was worth watching.
F1 drivers these days are just like whining kids. I agree with whomsoeever said to bring back the 3.litres however 1966 at Brands Hatch watching Hill & Clark battle it out in Tasman 2 litres was great: their new 3 litres we not yet ready.

The "supercar" style EVs are good for brand awareness but I don't think will accelerate sales per se. However they will probably have the "Lotus Cortina / Mini Cooper S effect" on the brands i.e. create an image for the bread and butter models.

Superfast charging falls into the same category for a good proportion of potential owners who will nearly always charge overnight at home or at t...