Corzette Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 As some of you may know I am now the owner of a 1971 Hakosuka GT. It has an L20 engine with point distributor and Ballist resistor etc. I want to upgrade and get rid of the points and resistor. I need some advice on what a good system would be to include Distributor, Coil and ignition box. I am thinking Mallory Unilite and blaster coil to start? Can I add MSD to that setup without pulling my hair out? Any other advice would be much appreciated. I have decided to stay with the L series engine in this one and will get an L28 to drop in when I return to the states. Ill get all the bolt on goodies here and just transfer to the L28 Later. I am going to run Dave's Holley intake for the 4 barel conversion and a header so I just need to get a good ignition system in there. Advise away...... Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS30-H Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Kameari Engine Works can supply several different options for you. What distributor have you got on the L20A? Is it the Hitachi D606-52 ( High octane ), or the Hitachi D609-52 ( for Regular gas ), the Mitsubishi TVC-6GIL ( High octane ), or the Mitsubishi TVC-6GL ( again for Regular gas )? Those Regular gas distributors have a different advance curve to the others, and are not going to be best to use. Kameari can supply an ULTRA electronic ignition kit that uses a Lumention 'Optronic' trigger, which will fit inside the standard distributor body in place of the original points. Last time I looked, the kit was less than 40,000 JPY. I have used these kits and they are excellent. It is pretty much 'plug and play'. For less than 70,000 JPY they can supply with the ULTRA module plus their own design and manufacture distributor body - which is going to be far superior to a tired and sloppy 35 year old original unit. This will require a later type distributor drive spindle ( which they can supply you with ) and is a nice upgrade over the original parts. You could install this on an L28-based engine when you eventually get one. I have one of these on my ZG at the moment and I am very impressed with it. I recommend the WAKO 'Super Z Coil' too. Alan T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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