Ignition and Timing - A Guide to Rebuilding, Repair and Replacement

This is an essential guide to ignition and timing, for classic car owners and restorers. Aimed at both keen amateurs and professionals alike, Ignition and Timing covers the history and evolution of the automotive ignition system, and how to fit, modify and maintain your system for optimum timing and maximum performance. Topics covered include understanding and fault-testing the coil ignition system; post-war distributors and aftermarket systems; how to fit electronic ignitions and modify the distributor, including twin-point distributors; rebuilding and maintenance; Lucas, Delco and Bosch systems; identification charts for your distributor and finally, how to achieve optimum timing and how to use a timing light.

About the author

From childhood, Colin Beever's main interests were cars and motor racing. In 1983 he joined a company supplying Lucas electrical products for classic British cars and made ignition his speciality. Through working closely with Lucas technical department, sorting out problems they had with early vintage distributors, Colin gained a wealth of knowledge and technical information, leading to his founding Retro Classic Car Parts Ltd, www.retroclassiccarparts.com.

Product details

• Authors: Colin Beever, Beever Colin
• Publisher: Wiley
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.06.2015
• EAN: 9781847979735
• ISBN: 978-1-84797-973-5
• Dimensions: 189 mm x 246 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 278 g
• Illustrations: 90 colour photographs 10 diagrams, Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert, Raster, farbig, Diagramme
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Car, motorcycle, moped; TRANSPORTATION / Automotive / Repair & Maintenance, Vehicle maintenance and manuals, Vehicle Maintenance & Manuals