Better than drums! HAHA, vizard reckon's they aren't! Anyone got a set and have compared them to the original, and the best, the all mighty 7.5 cooper S!

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

Don't knock the 7s unless you've tried them, I have.
With decent 998 metal pads and a servo they are pretty good, definitely better than drums. I had em in my Clubby auto so they got a good workout.
998 Coopers used to mix it with Ss on the track back in the 60s, they are better than Vizard says.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

while i agree that lucas may not be the best, has anyone ever driven an ittalian car? my alfa gets random electrical faults all over the place, wires magicly stop transporting current, switches stop working, and today, the starter fired with the key still in my hand! the mini has never been that bad!
Lucas electrics are not the worst!

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speed costs....how fast do you want to go...

Yeah yeah.. I had a few Fiat 124 Sports coupes...
Magneti Marelli sucks more than Lucas.
But, at least it had heaps of fuses.. eg LH beam, LL beam, RH beam, RL beam... etc etc

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

agreed! but have you tried to trace a wire from the back of the fuse box(s)? in the alfa the fuse box slots in for easy removal
mmmm 124 sc.....droool


so yea everybody....stop complaning about the prince of darkness [/quote]

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speed costs....how fast do you want to go...

Send me all your Pulsar D4R85's then

Even graham is going to put one into his 998 project!

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

I fitted the pulsar dizzy a while back (17/4/05) and I have not touched it since. It has been totally reliable.

Not only would a Lucas dizzy have the wrong curve for a modified mini I bet it would have the wrong curve for a standard mini.

I fitted Aldon electric ignition to my 29D dizzy way before I heard about the Pulsar conversion, so I'm gonna stick with that and get it regraphed for my new engine, may aswell get my moneys worth

Dizzies are like rocker gear, alternators, whatever, go for the newest one with the least wear. That's what I think anyway.

the DR485, according to a cahrt that I have (dont know where i got it from tho..) the pulsar is as close to a cooper s as you would need to be. Much better than any non S dizzy's in fact according to the graph thing the curve is better than lucas for the mini, This sheet isn't about mini's in particular, it's about putting S dizzy's in pulsar and pulsar dizzy's in minis! So according to this thing, from the usa, is tha pulsar run better on S dizzy's while S's run better on pulsar dizzy's And toyot onbes are just are just crap.... The Cortina one isn't far off an S either! This sheet and graph etc was obviously done without any consideration for electronic vs points, purely a performance thing. I've got it on PDF, i'll find it sometime and shpw some people. Quite interesting indeed! Also a mod mini wil never have corect dizzy, has to be changed no matter what!

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

will says:
i dare ya to run points
Mini Ha-Ha..`the Dr is IN' says:
get fuct

But you don't have to convert the metro electronic dissy, its lucas and fires just fine ya start with a dissy and nexxt thing you know the whole jap engine has snuck in there

Jon

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Roundies and Clubbies(except vans) are both ugly that is why I have Midas and a van
1293 Mini Midas Bronze,1275 Clubman van

until the crap Delco module carks it...
GM quality....

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

My A+ has a Lucas dizzy with a Ducellier module. Combining French and English technology. Any wonder the pickup wire corroded inside the insulation.

My brother inlaw who owns a sparky biz in the Riverina tells me that the module in a Falcon is the same but last about half the life in a Ford, he makes a nice living replacing them

Jon

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Roundies and Clubbies(except vans) are both ugly that is why I have Midas and a van
1293 Mini Midas Bronze,1275 Clubman van

Yes when your Falcon no-starty "it's the module"!