EJ distributor choices , Got Spark???

[Scott in Bellingham]

I want to build up another carbed EJ 2.2 , the last one I used a ford Escort distributer , would like to use something else on this build, the escorts not sealed very exposed to water amd mud, would like to find something thats simple and sealed , maybe even ditch the disty and go something electronic what works? what have you guys seen or ran? I can machine somthiun up but woukld like a more bolt on with slight mod job, maybe even rin it off the front of the cam and not the back side

Edited August 6, 2009 by Scott in Bellingham
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[The Beast I Drive]

I had a thought when I was thinking of how to build my Carbed EJ25 that you could possibly trick the ECU into igniting the coilpacks at the right time but still run the carb... But to me that would still defeat the purpose of swapping to carbed, becasue of the wiring it would entail and you would still have a few sensors.

 

If there was some kind of "switch" or something you could set up that could control the coil packs like the ECU using some kind of RPM signal then you would just need a crank angle sensor of some kind and that switch unit to run the coils, and it would all be solid-state electronics that way...

 

-Bill

[Scott in Bellingham]

I had a thought when I was thinking of how to build my Carbed EJ25 that you could possibly trick the ECU into igniting the coilpacks at the right time but still run the carb... But to me that would still defeat the purpose of swapping to carbed, becasue of the wiring it would entail and you would still have a few sensors.

 

If there was some kind of "switch" or something you could set up that could control the coil packs like the ECU using some kind of RPM signal then you would just need a crank angle sensor of some kind and that switch unit to run the coils, and it would all be solid-state electronics that way...

 

-Bill

 

that would be cool if you could use the coil pack and the sensor , Im sure it could be done but Im not a electronic wizbang