Strike a Light

Now that I knew the engine cooling system was working correctly I could start to use the car again. However, now that the engine was reaching a sensible running temperature the problem of preignition returned, compounded by the idle speed having increased a couple of hundred revs. I attempted to re tune the carbs and set the timing but could not get a smooth idle. I decided that if I was to enjoy the car over the summer I would have to do the couple of jobs I had been putting off. Namely recondition the carbs and install electronic ignition.
First the ignition. I went for the Aldon Ignitior set up. And found it simple and quick to install. Simply remove the points (one screw) remove the capacitor (one screw), install the mounting plate (two screws) and bolt the sensor to the mounting plate (2 nuts). The magnetic flag slips over the dizzy shaft then refit the rotor arm. Hook up two wires, red to coil positive for power and black to coil negative. Its a nice neat set up and I was able to set the timing easily and after a test run and some fine tuning with the vernier adjuster on the 25d dizzy I have managed to loose nearly all the pinking under acceleration from low revs.
No sooner was the car running again I decided to take it apart and remove the carbs.