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by pacwest
Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:23 pm
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: help with TFI and spark cut/2 step
Replies: 7
Views: 260

Re: help with TFI and spark cut/2 step

If any Merkur owners are interested, this is the proper way to do it:

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by pacwest
Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:04 pm
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: help with TFI and spark cut/2 step
Replies: 7
Views: 260

Re: help with TFI and spark cut/2 step

Matt you've been a great help. Thanks. I wanted to keep the TFI in case I had to pull the MSII and put the eec in to pass emissions. Seems sorta redundant if I can't even get it running at this point. the more I read the more I'm convince that if you can get a decent timing table in their and let it...
by pacwest
Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:02 am
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: help with TFI and spark cut/2 step
Replies: 7
Views: 260

Re: help with TFI and spark cut/2 step

Apparently I had basic trigger but somewhere in the backup situation I loaded something with EDIS defaulted. EDIS signal would kill my coil.

I'll wire the tach to neg and switch to basic trigger and JS10. What does the dwell need to be for spark cut TFI?
by pacwest
Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:35 am
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: help with TFI and spark cut/2 step
Replies: 7
Views: 260

Re: help with TFI and spark cut/2 step

As you can see in the second diagram that's indeed what I've planned. I wired it this way and I indeed have no tach and the coil fried.
by pacwest
Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:39 pm
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: help with TFI and spark cut/2 step
Replies: 7
Views: 260

help with TFI and spark cut/2 step

I am far more a welder and fabricator than an electrician. And installing my MSII has brutally shown this. MSII, 2 step/launch control/ stock tfi, stock coil. 2300cc turbo. Here is the stock wiring diagram for my car. http://www.jasonhollister.com/images/merkur/coil1.jpg Now I think if i wired it li...