this ignition module has been winking at me for ten years among my shelves of use parts, does anybody know the story behind it. gp magnasonic electronic ignition.
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| Author: | steponmebbbboom [ Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:14 pm ] |
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this ignition module has been winking at me for ten years among my shelves of use parts, does anybody know the story behind it. gp magnasonic electronic ignition.
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| Author: | Reed [ Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:26 pm ] |
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Looks like a stock module remanned by some company that has gone belly up. |
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| Author: | emsvitil [ Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:38 pm ] |
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The logo looks a little like GP Sorensen (same font and coloring) Wonder if there's some relationship there....... |
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| Author: | SlantSixDan [ Sun Nov 23, 2008 7:14 am ] |
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That's from an aftermarket electronic ignition retrofit kit like this one. I see them go across eBay every once in awhile, and I saw one installed on a slant-6 car years ago in a wrecking yard. Used an optical trigger mounted in place of the breaker points and consisting of an infrared LED (like in a TV remote control) and IR receiver mounted over and under each other with a shutter wheel passing through the gap between the emitter and receiver. The shutter wheel was fitted over the distributor's breaker point cam and there was one window in the shutter wheel per cylinder. Kits like this were marketed by many companies. BorgWarner comes to mind, but there were a lot of names. |
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| Author: | steponmebbbboom [ Sun Nov 23, 2008 7:47 am ] |
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ah. so, without the rest of the components, it's of no use to me. i dont suppose it will work with the stock EI system? |
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| Author: | steponmebbbboom [ Sun Nov 23, 2008 7:50 am ] |
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just putting this out there, i am open to straight-up trades for the box this came in, if anyone has one. my economaster box is getting lonely. 
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| Author: | SlantSixDan [ Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:20 am ] |
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Good question. I don't know whether the aftermarket box is the same as the 5-pin Mopar box, or just looks the same. |
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| Author: | slantasaurus [ Sun Nov 23, 2008 9:15 am ] |
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Quote: Good question. I don't know whether the aftermarket box is the same as the 5-pin Mopar box, or just looks the same.
It would only take a few minutes to hook up and find out if it works......The optical trigger sounds just like the Mallory Unilite, but that unit is pretty much self contained.
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