Spitfire Electronic ignition part 4 !

Oh dear did i say i would leave this subject, well that did not happen. When trawling the Internet i found a design for a multi spark discharge ignition. this appears to be similar to some the the MSD ignitions. I reasoned that i could make the PCB assembly myself for a fraction of the cost of the MSD system.

So the good bits are i think this will be the best ignition to date.

The bad is that i will have to make a PCB board solder the bits on and get it working, None of which i have done before.

The PCB was the first challenge. Using the front cover of a magazine, a laser printer and bits from Maplin i was able to make the PCB. Beware if you are going to do this as the chemicals involved are not nice. For that reason i will leave the actual details out from this post. However if you still want to try it contact me for the details.

As we speak i have nearly put all of the components on the PCB as per the pictures below, the rest will hopefully go on next week and i can give it a go.

Other things that have been happening - The interior of the car has gone back in and The gear lever has been shortened as per the pic below the new gearbox has now done 400 miles so I'm calling that project Done at last! The stereo has been fitted as per my wife's instruction so i had to find a place for some speakers.

So where do you fit speakers in a spit? I finally ended up making a place behind the seats as per the pictures below. The boxes are 18mm MDF with some Alpine speakers picked up from Halfords. Now all i have to do is cover the MDF with carpet and i can call that job done as well.

Yet another job started is the front Radiator valances, I pick the ally sheet up some time ago but have yet to get to start the job however i finally made the valances. They are not fitted yet as i will need to tidy them up and paint them. That will have to wait for warmer weather before i complete it. I will also have to make the engine valances but the material i bought was to small. um bugger! When i find some more ally sheet at a bargain price i will buy it for them.