Mini / Landy dissy question!

[spy]

I got this email from someone on another (non 4x4) forum I use.  Just wondered if anyone could help him at all?  

Hi mike,
I notice your into landys.Dont know if you can help me on this ,but ive got a mini with th a not a+ engine and was after electronic ignition.At a car boot sale i bought a dizzy with electronic ign but need a modual to run it and dont know what its off. The dizzy is a lucas 45d m4 and was hoping you may have come across one on a landy.
Thanks mark




Anyone got any idea?

Cheers.

Mike

[V8MoneyPit]

The electronic ignition distributors are all for A+ engines. These have a different drive to the older A series. So they won't be able to use it.

The 45D item was used until the late 70's. Then the 59D type was used when the engines became the A+. The electronic dizzy was a 64D and was usually found on Metros. The Mini gained them in1990 with the Rover Cooper.

The electronic ignition distributors don't use a separate module. All the gubbins (technical term!) is in the black module attached the dizzy. It would need to be used with a different coil (Lucas DLB198).

One fundamental issue is that it is likely to be from a 1275cc engine. If they intend to put it on a 998 engine, the advance curve will be totally wrong.

Bottom line is that it probably won't fit anyway and they should go out and buy a Lumenition Magnetronic to fit their original 45D unit. That is if the *really* want electronic ignition.

[dave_2A_2.25Turbo]

or buy an electronic one from canada - £99 RRP, but they sell em on ebay for peanuts (I paid about £50 inc postage)

And prior to that I was running an MG metro one, with the bottom of a 45 on!

[dave_2A_2.25Turbo]

or http://www.tdcperformance.ca/

and (for the diy) http://www.starchak.ca/tech/pdfs/hitachi.pdf