Find a piece of steel big enough to mount the base on without the pointplate. Drill and tap the new plate for the iggy parts and maybe it'll fit under the housing.
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Cheap DIY Electronic Ignition
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i found this by accident a sec ago, and it looks amazing! it seems to be a pamco clone, easy to make. $11.72 for two of them, in 2013
main article:
http://thebitwiserebellion.com/blog/2013/05/30/diy-electronic-ignition-conversion/
cheap source for boards mentioned in it $5 / sq. in. for three boards:
https://oshpark.com/
main article:
http://thebitwiserebellion.com/blog/2013/05/30/diy-electronic-ignition-conversion/
cheap source for boards mentioned in it $5 / sq. in. for three boards:
https://oshpark.com/
Tiesco
XS650 Addict
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i was trying to find that thread where they were messing with that chinese ignition to put it in, but couldn't. it's funny this hasn't been noticed in all these years. might need some small modifications to work with the xs, dunno. know where to get boards and moral support at least.
Tiesco
XS650 Addict
Both boxes were made by Hitachi starting in 1980
XS 650 TCI Box TID12-01B
Duckster TID11-01A
Pickup coils are same impedance spec. Upgrading TCI dyno, hope to have it back in action tonight.
XS 650 TCI Box TID12-01B
Duckster TID11-01A
Pickup coils are same impedance spec. Upgrading TCI dyno, hope to have it back in action tonight.
This is from the Kawasaki manual for the KLT200.
Tiesco
XS650 Addict
Sorta high-jacking my own thread.
Decided to give the GM coil a try. Its still a work in progress.
Decided to give the GM coil a try. Its still a work in progress.
How did the coil work out. I've played with a similar GM coil from a coil pack and seem to work ok on the gonzo.
We owe @mrriggs , @pamcopete and bunch of other pioneers that took us down this trail.
Your pickup should work with the Gonzo and allow eliminating the advance unit.
I'm experimenting with a Chrysler reluctor and pickup that @kopcicle has some experience using.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/380334714501
https://www.ebay.com/itm/284453410940
BWD ME24 Distributor Ignition Pickup Fits Chrysler Dodge Plymouth 1976-89
Standard NEW LX113 Distributor Ignition Pickup CHRYSLER/DODGE/PLYMOUTH (81-89)
@Team Junk , I do pay attention. At times it's all I can afford ;-)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/284453410940
BWD ME24 Distributor Ignition Pickup Fits Chrysler Dodge Plymouth 1976-89
Standard NEW LX113 Distributor Ignition Pickup CHRYSLER/DODGE/PLYMOUTH (81-89)
@Team Junk , I do pay attention. At times it's all I can afford ;-)
Tiesco
XS650 Addict
I still have the CB750 coil actually. I haven't had time to install the GM coil because I've been in college but I plan to this spring/summer
Very nice update on the GM HEI concept.
The cool thing about the HEI module is the trigger circuit is very flexible.
The guitar shares more in concept to the magnetic coil pickups that the TCI and the PMA crank timed cdi systems use.
Along those lines I have a 3 string cigar box pickup that I plan on testing.
A hall effect sensor is a solid state device that requires a supply voltage and is not particularly fond of heat, vibrations and I suspect a lower signaling voltage.
I'm not sure if your current pickup is a coil or a hall sensor
The gonzo pickup
yamaha RX135 on ebay
Will fit under the cover and should work with your reluctor.
The cool thing about the HEI module is the trigger circuit is very flexible.
The guitar shares more in concept to the magnetic coil pickups that the TCI and the PMA crank timed cdi systems use.
Along those lines I have a 3 string cigar box pickup that I plan on testing.
A hall effect sensor is a solid state device that requires a supply voltage and is not particularly fond of heat, vibrations and I suspect a lower signaling voltage.
I'm not sure if your current pickup is a coil or a hall sensor
The gonzo pickup
yamaha RX135 on ebay
Will fit under the cover and should work with your reluctor.
Tiesco
XS650 Addict
I think for now I will stick with the current setup seeing as it has been working perfectly without any problems. I still want to give the GM coil a go though. If in the future, I want to experiment with a different setup the gonzo pickup you mentioned seems like a really good alternative so thanks for the recommendation.
Also are hall effect sensors typically smaller than coils? If so then I would bet my current pick up is a just hall effect.
Reluctors are two wire with a wave form output.... generate their own power.
Hall effect's are three wire... one wire is power in. two wire output.... on-off
Tiesco
XS650 Addict
mine just has two wire so I guess that means I have the former
Before modifying the twin points system to a single points system, I hunted around the wrecking yards in SA for the goodies. Not to be, the parts cost a bomb, Wreckers are pretty greedy here! I wasn't about to pay lots of bucks for a system made of second hand parts. I have all the parts set aside for a hall effect setup, just haven't got around to it yet.
Trqmonster
XS650 New Member
What coil is it exactly. I have a fried Boyer and need the low ohm GM coil
homerdog
XS650 New Member
Not to bring this thread up again. But can anyone tell me. Am I completely deleting my original ignition module. Keeping my current Hall effect set up. And wiring in a HEI. If so I have a single wire pick up from xS charge. I have the OE stuff still. Will my single wire work. Or do I need switch to something 2 wire?
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