26-07-2018, 08:29 AM
Hi Andy,
My dealings with Accuspark have been good (and continue to be so, as I feed back my experiences of using the unit on a daily basis).
I understand that Accuspark were approached by an A7 enthusiast (not me) to, initially, produce a 12v. version which was trialled as a prototype (again, not by me) - Accuspark received positive feedback from this after a number people had trialled it’s use. Why the trials did not show up anything pre-production I do not know.
I have never used a 12v system in any of my cars so the item did not appeal to me but, when they said they could produce it in 6v, I thought I would like to try it and make my own mind up about it based on personal experience. In use I can see several advantages to it but will report back fully on that once I have completed my trip.
The new gears are something that would have been benificial as new over worn are always going to be better, this was not to be and, as reported on this thread, caused me some issues. These issues however were overcome and my unit now works as intended. Accuspark were initially going to produce the unit without gears but, at the request of the person who started the project with them decided to make them.
The electronic distributor that Accuspark produce is a superb and very worthwhile upgrade and you have no need to be nervous about fitting it, in my opinion. I would urge you to carry your old unit as a spare because if the solid state technology inside fails it cannot be coaxed into life again. As noted previously I always carried a spare distributor before using the Accuspark unit.
My dealings with Accuspark have been good (and continue to be so, as I feed back my experiences of using the unit on a daily basis).
I understand that Accuspark were approached by an A7 enthusiast (not me) to, initially, produce a 12v. version which was trialled as a prototype (again, not by me) - Accuspark received positive feedback from this after a number people had trialled it’s use. Why the trials did not show up anything pre-production I do not know.
I have never used a 12v system in any of my cars so the item did not appeal to me but, when they said they could produce it in 6v, I thought I would like to try it and make my own mind up about it based on personal experience. In use I can see several advantages to it but will report back fully on that once I have completed my trip.
The new gears are something that would have been benificial as new over worn are always going to be better, this was not to be and, as reported on this thread, caused me some issues. These issues however were overcome and my unit now works as intended. Accuspark were initially going to produce the unit without gears but, at the request of the person who started the project with them decided to make them.
The electronic distributor that Accuspark produce is a superb and very worthwhile upgrade and you have no need to be nervous about fitting it, in my opinion. I would urge you to carry your old unit as a spare because if the solid state technology inside fails it cannot be coaxed into life again. As noted previously I always carried a spare distributor before using the Accuspark unit.