Fitted Accuspark today that I had kicking around in a box unused (largely because the advance/retard levers are now incomplete on the DJ4, which has been running fine before I took them off for further investigation)
The accuspark distributor was v. difficult to fire up, but did go in the end from the handle when I turned it 1cm round from where I thought it should be after swapping out the DJ. Yesterday, after some sage advice from James Anderson, I actually took it off and reverted to the DJ4 because couldn't get it started at ALL on the handle after the prolonged saga of my head change. The standard distributor sparked up fine, and then I made the change to the accuspark when warm.
Didnt even bother with the new distributor cap, just left the DJ one with all the leads and swapped it over.
(memo to self, don't change carb and distributor at same time as changing head... too many unknown variables!)
So the difference…
on the drive, the DJ4 (with no advance retard levers remember) revved fine when advanced as far as felt good, but was flat under load on the road and a bit hesitant.
The accuspark was immediately responsive. I’ve set it quite retarded/quiet, as it's got a fair auto advance inside. It feels quite rorty! (So a definite improvement, but will carry a spare etc in case of bits breaking off inside)
As this car is the first of the 1 5/16" cranks, has minimal body, and now has a lovely Ricardo head AND auto advance distributor, it might fly...currently on a standard Ruby Zenith on sidedraft manifold, after removing the similar Zenith which was for an Austin 10 (and thus overchoked)
The accuspark distributor was v. difficult to fire up, but did go in the end from the handle when I turned it 1cm round from where I thought it should be after swapping out the DJ. Yesterday, after some sage advice from James Anderson, I actually took it off and reverted to the DJ4 because couldn't get it started at ALL on the handle after the prolonged saga of my head change. The standard distributor sparked up fine, and then I made the change to the accuspark when warm.
Didnt even bother with the new distributor cap, just left the DJ one with all the leads and swapped it over.
(memo to self, don't change carb and distributor at same time as changing head... too many unknown variables!)
So the difference…
on the drive, the DJ4 (with no advance retard levers remember) revved fine when advanced as far as felt good, but was flat under load on the road and a bit hesitant.
The accuspark was immediately responsive. I’ve set it quite retarded/quiet, as it's got a fair auto advance inside. It feels quite rorty! (So a definite improvement, but will carry a spare etc in case of bits breaking off inside)
As this car is the first of the 1 5/16" cranks, has minimal body, and now has a lovely Ricardo head AND auto advance distributor, it might fly...currently on a standard Ruby Zenith on sidedraft manifold, after removing the similar Zenith which was for an Austin 10 (and thus overchoked)