Easy as 1 2 3, Got it yesterday, pushed all projects aside! Options

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Got the 123Ignition yesterday, I pushed all of my projects back!
"Sorry granny I'll get to those bearings on your heart/lung machine soon, I promise."
Blocked out 3 hours for the removal and install.
Added about an hour to charge the battery.
Installed as expected, there is a spacer that is necessary for type 4, just slides over the dizzy shaft.
I decided to route the wires and vacuum away from the fan so access to the vacuum nipple was easier, since the vacuum can is gone there's a lot more space.
Followed the instructions but made the mistake of using the TDC 0* instead of the 27* as the basic timing point. I just walked the dizzy CCW until she started!
Didn't do anything other than matched my timing with my idle, I let her run till she settled down.
Just around the block once, ha ha the trailer hitching is GONE!
Responsive throttle, man!
Setting up a tuning session, nice 150 mile run up the California coast with the AFR meter.
Mike

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Now for the ugly.

I am Sorry, I am SORRY, I AM SORRY!

And now I have to take her out to dinner. My bad.


I had my wife help with timing the engine.
Roughly a five hand job, our four didn't do to well. Lots of screaming and nashing of teeth, hence the dinner out.

But that was this morning, let's go back to yesterday.

I got the itch to take it for a ride, something short just buzz the freeway a bit.

Not a good idea.
She seemed to run ok at the start, cold engine, but I hit the highway and up to 3k and a lot of ping. OK keep it under 3k and just cruise.

But as the engine got hotter she ran worse, felt like a short or loose wire in the FI or ignition.

OK take her home, dame now I'm in bumper to bumper traffic, this is karma, I should have greased Nana bearings.

Got the car home and gave up for the night.

Come Saturday morning all things new and fresh!

"I'll get to those squeaky bearings today Gramm, I promise"


"Honey pie, can you help me with the car?"
I said to the wife, she knew something was up.

It's simple, you just have to hold the tach at 3500 rpm and listen for me to say stop!

"What was the word to stop?"

Stop sweety!


Well after about a half hour of screaming STOP, now go, STOP, no go!
Some neighbors gathered wispering and pointing at the crazy couple yelling STOP, now go.


My wife was mad.
I got the timing set.


After promising dinner out, I took the car for a short run on the freeway.
OK wack the throttle, no ping! But as the rpms go up I feel a hesitation, sort of.
It feels like a short, loose connector, plug wire, same as yesterday.

OK back home, look for the loose connection.


Looking at the install manual I see the spec page on the inside cover.
As I scan down I see the temp specs, "?"
-30*C to 95*C

OK -30*C is not going to happen here in Los Angeles but 95*C is about 195*F which is the oil temp my car likes to produce on an up hill run.
Have I found the Achillie's heel of this device?
OK above the Artic Circle but here at "almost the equator" we got issues.
I'll keep you posted.