Gerald O'Docharty


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Gerald O'Docharty

Member ID: Gerald O
Member Status: Free Member
Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA  
Member Since: 2006-09-04
Home Site: The MG Experience
Last Login: 2012-02-10 10:11:35
Last Forum Activity: 2012-02-10 10:25:37
Forum Posts: 1,132

Gerald O'Docharty's Vehicle Registry

Gerald O Docharty 1978 MG MGB Black

1978 MG MGB
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1 Vehicles -- Total mileage: 100,470 mi (161,691 km) -- Average age: 1978

Member Journal – Gerald O's Journal

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Distributorless Ignition

Posted on: Friday December 18, 2009

EPSN0123

This view shows the ignition side of the engine. My modification was to adapt four GM coils that originally were fitted to late model General Motors LS-2 V8 engines, as found in the Corvette. This gives me one independent coil for each sparkplug. A Megasquirt ECU controls the spark timing and dwell sequentially for each coil and the timing is computer mapped. The original Lucas distributor was converted into a cam position sensor to give engine position information to the ECU. It sends out a ...

Custom Electronic Ignition Map

Posted on: Tuesday September 1, 2009

ignitionmap

When I converted the engine to fuel injection I also converted the ignition system to a distributorless electronic system, also controlled by the Megasquirt. This is the ignition curve map I'm curently running with.

Electronic Fuel Injection Conversion

Posted on: Monday June 29, 2009

EFI

In 2009 I converted the fueling to electronic injection, and the ignition to a distributorless system.

Dashboard Restoration

Posted on: Monday July 7, 2008

Finished

As part of the interior restoration of my '78 B, I replaced the dash cover which had developed some cracks on top. Here's the finished result - the messy details follow.



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