Anyone ever see this happen???

[cruiksdr]

I'm trying to work the various bugs out of my system now that I have my car back together. I've put in a Crane HI6 and matched coil and optical trigger. I haven't been able to drive the car enough to know how much of an improvement this is, but it seems a major improvement over the points/permatune set up I had. I have lost my tach, and the adapter I got caused my car not to run Anyway, I have a couple of problems. First, my new dizzy has a stripped adjustment clamp screw, so it keeps going out of timing within about 5 miles of driving. Of course, now I can't get the retaining bolt out to pull the dizzy to fix the stripped clamp bolt Meantime, when I was screwing around with that, I noticed my rotor is kind of melting which seems strange to me. Could this be from the extra juice from the HI6? Should I be concerned about this and will it eventually cause the rotor to fail? I'm wondering if I should replace this with a non-rev limiting one (especially since the HI6 has a built in rev limiter).

[john walker's workshop]

those high output ignitions often fry the resistor in the rotor. go to shucks and get a cheap, non-bosch replacement that doesn't have a resistor.

[cruiksdr]

Originally posted by john walker's workshop
those high output ignitions often fry the resistor in the rotor. go to shucks and get a cheap, non-bosch replacement that doesn't have a resistor.

Thanks! Two questions: Do you have contact info for shucks? I can't seem to find them. Also, do you what I should ask for -- what rotor will work here?

[john walker's workshop]

a vw bug rotor without a resistor. shucks, napa, autozone, any cheap parts house will do.

[cruiksdr]

Originally posted by john walker's workshop
a vw bug rotor without a resistor. shucks, napa, autozone, any cheap parts house will do.

Great! Thanks!

[Dave at Pelican Parts]

The acronym that is slowly becoming popular is FLAPS. Friendly Local Auto Parts Store...

--DD

[cruiksdr]

Originally posted by Dave at Pelican Parts
The acronym that is slowly becoming popular is FLAPS. Friendly Local Auto Parts Store...

--DD

In the porsche universe, it's so rare that we can even walk into a FLAPS and find much nore than motor oil for our cars. It almost doesn't occure to me to even think about one of them.

[silver2.0]

YOu might be suprised. You can buy fuel pumps, ignition parts, some fuel parts, cv joints, ect. I have been pleasantly suprised with finding smaller items locally, at Shucks, Napa, ect. There isn't a Porsche dealer for about 400 miles within my area, so if it is "odd" I just buy it here!

[cruiksdr]

Originally posted by john walker's workshop
a vw bug rotor without a resistor. shucks, napa, autozone, any cheap parts house will do.

Hey, thanks again for a great tip. Went to Autozone and got a rotor (non-bosch) from a 72 beetle, and viola! It works -- perfectly

I have to say, I was a bit of a skeptic since I've never seen anyone else post a similer problem here. With all the high output ignitions out there, I would think this has been a problem for others too. Anyway, happily, it's not a problem for me anymore