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Sundiesel · 04-17-2015, 05:09 PM

Some T owners, mostly those who don't understand the original ignition system, say that the original system is troublesome. In the early stages of T ownership, I was one of those people. I removed the magneto ring, but left the magnets to circulate the oil and I replaced the coils with a distributor.
In recent years, and with the generosity of the Coilman, I converted the system back to stock. On a relatively stock engine, (just aluminium pistons) I haven't noticed any real decline in performance as a result.
However, my present speedster project has no magneto or coils, just a distributor. Which not only saves a lot of weight, but provides a more accurate spark in a worked over engine.

04-17-2015, 05:09 PM	#8
Sundiesel Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 25	Re: Is there An advantage to A distributor over a magneto Some T owners, mostly those who don't understand the original ignition system, say that the original system is troublesome. In the early stages of T ownership, I was one of those people. I removed the magneto ring, but left the magnets to circulate the oil and I replaced the coils with a distributor. In recent years, and with the generosity of the Coilman, I converted the system back to stock. On a relatively stock engine, (just aluminium pistons) I haven't noticed any real decline in performance as a result. However, my present speedster project has no magneto or coils, just a distributor. Which not only saves a lot of weight, but provides a more accurate spark in a worked over engine.