Ignition Options

[Rex_A_Lott]

Does it misfire under load? Does it misfire at higher engine speeds?
Unless you are having problems, any "upgrade" is going to gain you very little, if any at all, increase in performance.
People here cuss the modern points, but they were actually sufficient back in the day for way more RPM than that stock A motor will turn.
What you have is probably not whats holding you back.
Good Luck!

 

[Tiny]

Ok guys lots of good points. Haha I Made a pun!! The engine doesn't miss fire. The carb is fine and the timing is spot on. There is nothing really wrong to solve. I was looking for your opinions/experiences of the ignition systems listed. I've gotten little response to that question. Although other questions I didn't have yet have now been answered. An HC head is on the short list and I know the head I want. I just need to find one. Ignition is another upgrade I was going to make. Maybe I should have posed the question different. I don't know. So far a few people have said they like stock and others have said they like FS. No one has really commented on the other options. A hotter spark and a more precise timing device will give better performance as well as quicker starts. I know from my V dub days that this is true. I know the stock setup is fine and maybe I shouldn't mess with it. Don't worry too much as my wallet hasn't opened yet

 

[John LaVoy]

High compression head is probably the most bang for the buck. We have Zipper's on a couple of cars and the more modern appearing unit on another. We have bench tested the Nu Rex advance unit that is hidden in the valve chamber and in testing it worked very smoothly, but as of yet not installed it in a car. We have tested the Stipe distributor cam and they are really nice.

Good luck and hope to see you along the Model A touring highway soon.

 

[dnbenterprises]

Check out this tool to set the points on model A's
They only do paypal on this site
Click: dbenterprises.co

 

[john in illinois]

X1 That tool does look useless. John

 

[Hicktick]

Unless you have a weak coil or points with the wrong gap , then a spark is a spark .

Points were replaced by electronics because people will leave the switch on and it ruins the points .

Two problems with points , switch left on and dry cam wears block down .

I fixed many cars towed in with burnt points , drive in theater was a points killer .

I had a girlfriend that would switch on the radio if I left her in the car , she got mine many times .

 

[jm29henry]

Just remember you have to stop that pretty car .No matter how much zip you have you have to be able to STOP ! with an 80 year old breaking system??

 

[aojo]

I've seen Roto Faze dist in the V8 world and the say they make them for Model As but I have never seen one at any events. If their equipment is used in space programs it certainly should be reliable in our cars. I think their distributor is somewhere north of $500?

 

[Pete]

I've seen Roto Faze dist in the V8 world and the say they make them for Model As but I have never seen one at any events. If their equipment is used in space programs it certainly should be reliable in our cars. I think their distributor is somewhere north of $500?

Here's a couple pics of one.