Distributor spindle tolerances; original and accuspark comparison

[Ian Williams]

I my experience wear in the spindle is only part of the problem, fitting an electronic base plate will not fix the worn advance mech in an old DK4. I am quite certain removing the points by from the equation will effect an improvement, however it will not be a total solution. I have done a lot of work eliminating wear from old Lucas units and I can assure you that sorting out the advance curve properly pays dividends, I am willing to wager that if you fit a correctly adjusted points base plate to an Accuspark unit WITHOUT spindle play the performance will be almost identical to the electronic. Lets see how these new units fair after 20 thousand miles or more, at 3 thousand they are only just run in!