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Old 07-17-05, 08:15 PM
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ignition gurus!! what the hell kind of ignition system is this?!

a rotary sand rail customer brought this contraption in and asked me how to wire it up, i told the guy its not from this planet and i couldnt help him!!!LOL
i told him i would post some pics and would let him know what you guys came up with, good luck and thanks... this one might stump jeff?? hmmmmmmm

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...c/f33815f2.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...8/f33815ef.jpg

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Looks like an old Ford points system.I doubt it'll work anyway.
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points suck! lol
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Originally Posted by Hyper4mance2k
points suck! lol


its electronic, no points
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Those look optical on the dizzy. Appears to be nade for a waste spark setup, 2 sparks 180 deg out of phase.
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omg!!! nobody knows what this garbage is?
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it looks like a direct fire for the leading coils. kind of a MSD setup almost but as far as those boxes go who the hell knows. sell him a MSD 6a and cut the wiring off.
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Doesnt HE know what it is?

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That just looks nasty!
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Those purple boxes are alison electronic ingition controls. The black disk with the two sensors are the triggers. I can only assume they used 2, one for the leading, one for the trailing. Its supposed to provide a faster, cleaner spark.

I have one brand new in box if you want me to check the manual. It actualy says it can NOT be used on rotary applications. Its used on 4 and 6cyl fords, jags, mg's, and any other distributed piston car.
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I now have no clue how they wired that. Want the manual?
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nah, thanks spider, the customer is going with a couple of msd 6al boxes and one of my locked dizzys.. i really wasnt sure where his weird ignition came from so i thought i would put it up on the forum to see what you guys thought it was...

still havnt heard from jeff20B, i thought for sure he would chime in.....
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Allison was bought by Crane Cams maybe they can help with a wiring diagram
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That looks like the same ignition distributor im using on my 12ATurbo..... Im using the 1980 distributor..... it came with the same ignition wires and boxes..... which I've removed & replaced with MSD boxes.

The distributor electronics looks different though.

Here's a picture.

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