FEnatic Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 I went to the junkyard today and found a 71 Z with this magneto on it. Wondering if I should pick it up cheap? It looks like the one on this page http://karmannghias.org/JudsonMAG.htm Are these worth anything today? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eec564 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I'm not sure how much they'd be worth today as anything other then a rare(?) and collectable(again ?) cool piece of history. The ZXs with their nice electronic ignition do the same thing just triggered by a reluctor, not points. I figure that magneto works exactly like an old GM HEI system triggered by points. Any system system triggered by something other then points is going to run your car better, especially things using a trigger wheel. The ZX is a couple of generations better, EDIS or anything else without a distributor is another generation or two better. Still, if you could get it for absolute dirt, it's a cool old after market preformance part. I guess that system was supposed to make a stronger spark and take load off your points. By triggering off the points and fireing off solid state electronics, I guess you could have more charging current safely and not get carbon build up on the points from all that arcing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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