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mleder · 09-08-2024, 11:10 PM

The answer is not one or the other. If you want to go on a tour with a group , you should be prepared. That means understand how your car works and anticipate bringing spare parts you may need to complete the trip. Best advise is bring an additional distributor pre timed to your car. You can switch it out in 10 minutes or less on the side of the road. Practice doing it. If you have an electronic ignition carry a spare module and in either case bring a spare coil that is the correct one for your system.You can switch to an original distributor on the side of the road to replace the electronic one but you will also need the ignition over ride cable ( vendors sell this and sometimes call it a get home ignition cable) it does not use a key. Again you would want to practice this at home so you are familiar with it. Make it easy on the other people on the tour, breakdowns will happen but be prepared . On any tour I've been on I see way to few people bringing the obvious parts that are known to fail.

09-08-2024, 11:10 PM	#9
mleder Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 205	Re: FS Ignition versus Original for touring The answer is not one or the other. If you want to go on a tour with a group , you should be prepared. That means understand how your car works and anticipate bringing spare parts you may need to complete the trip. Best advise is bring an additional distributor pre timed to your car. You can switch it out in 10 minutes or less on the side of the road. Practice doing it. If you have an electronic ignition carry a spare module and in either case bring a spare coil that is the correct one for your system.You can switch to an original distributor on the side of the road to replace the electronic one but you will also need the ignition over ride cable ( vendors sell this and sometimes call it a get home ignition cable) it does not use a key. Again you would want to practice this at home so you are familiar with it. Make it easy on the other people on the tour, breakdowns will happen but be prepared . On any tour I've been on I see way to few people bringing the obvious parts that are known to fail.