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[cbstdscott]

I have a limited supply of these performance enhancers back in stock, $15 including shipping and packaging to addresses in the US, $20 for International addresses.

If you have forgotten why these tiny springs help your engine...

The Jurasic Technology that is our engine's ignition system is nothing like modern Honda engine management. Our stock engines have more in common with 1950's Hot Rods than with modern engines. So when we want a performance enhancement we have to look backward to mods that your Grandfather might have made.

A faster ignition timing advance is one of the many tricks to squeezing more power out of your engine. With a modern ECU, ignition timing is controlled by software. But the EW uses a very old-fashioned method of increasing ignition timing as rpms rise. A pair of tiny, but VERY stiff springs retain a set of weights on a cam at the bottom of the distributor. As the engine and the distributor spin faster the springs allow the weights to SLOWLY move and mechanically advance the ignition timing.

Back in the Dark Ages, Hot Rodders would replace the stiff stock springs in the distributor with lighter springs so that the weights would move sooner and dial in some extra ignition advance at lower rpms. I have taken this trick and applied it to our beloved EW. And now I have found a supply of these small springs and I am willing to pass them along to those who are interested.

Please PM me or email me directly for more information.

Scott
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[cbstdscott]

Two sets are still available.

Paypal address is [email protected]

[wyatt89]

havent been able to try mine yet, my motor is still sitting on the floor

[cbstdscott]

Thanks for all the enthusiastic responses. My supply is dwindling so message me before you order.

Scott

Paypal address: [email protected]

[kaymo]

i want to hear butt dyno numbers from people asap! mine are in the front seat and it already feels faster LOL

[cbstdscott]

My RPR peeps are getting a break on price-

Ebay auction.

[flashmatrix]

Payment Sent.

[cbstdscott]

Payment Sent.

Springs sent

[cbstdscott]

A whole new pile of springs has just come in and are still available to RPR members @ $15 including shipping ($20 for International shipping). I have been selling these succesfully on eBay where I charge for packaging and shipping. Save $5 when you buy direct.

Scott

[Sgt. Pepper]

So, do these things actually make a difference? Will they give Liz more get up and go? Easy to replace? If they are all they are cracked up to be, I may be interested. Seems like a cheap and easy performance mod.

[RedSIBaron]

this is something that mugen offered back in the late 80s early 90s for our ew4 engines, i think they ran maximum advance on it, but it apparently netted power and fuel economy if i remember their old catalogue claims...either way i am sure their distributors werent just the springs since they shipped you a whole unit, but maybe it was...

i wouldnt know, i was still sitting in the back seat of Bufords 85 dx learning the words "junkyard dog" while he drove to the junkyard to grab some 1g teg brakes and find out if they bolted up to his dx...he was the one talking to king back in 90 about all this stuff...

[cbstdscott]

So, do these things actually make a difference? Will they give Liz more get up and go? Easy to replace? If they are all they are cracked up to be, I may be interested. Seems like a cheap and easy performance mod.

Yes, yes, mostly.

The principle is sound, this is an old trick used by Hot Rodders since the Day One.

All engines change the ignition timing from idle to redline. Higher RPMs need more advance. Until the 1930's, the driver had to manually change the spark advance with a lever on the steering column.

Our old engines use a combination of vacumn and centrifical advance to change the ignition timing. The centrifical advance is regulated by a pair of tiny but very stiff springs. Replacing those springs with lighter springs allows the spark advance to come on sooner in the rpm curve.

It is not a difficult job to replace the springs. Remove the distributor, take it apart (it is a fairly simple device), replace the springs at the bottom of the distributor, reassemble, reinstall the distributor and use a timing light to set your egnine's timing. The trick is to use some penetrating oil to loosen old screws and use the correct size screw drivers as the screws are easily marred.

If anyone is interested, send me a private message for shipping information.

Scott

[Interceptor]

any tips when the screws are already marred ?

[eric87crx]

Do these springs work for the d16 motors as well?.

[cbstdscott]

any tips when the screws are already marred ?

You will need to replace them.