Shall I fit a electronic distributor to my 1960 series 2?sacrilege but no points to adjust.any comments .good or bad.anyone fitted one?

I've fitted a SimonBBC unit (inc. new coil) to my 69 S2a, to replace a worn out mechanical one, and it works great. Timing needs tweaking beyond normal settings, but engine runs like a sewing machine despite dicky carb (now replaced) and now a dicky fuel pump. Dizzy doesn't look much different once fitted, so only a bad thing if you like point fettling.

Down side I guess is that failure is likely to be fatal, with little hope of roadside bodging to get home - but that applies to any more modern vehicle as well!

I'd say go for it...

What SteveRover said. I realised after I fitted mine (Simon BBC) that if it failed i would be stuck. So I bought a decent 2nd hand 45d for £10, changed the points etc... and put it under the passenger seat with some old HT leads I had. Sorted.

Make sure you fit the appropriate coil to match it, don't jump start it, don't mix up -ve and +ve or it will fry itself and it should last pretty well. The stories of failed units may well come from not using the correct resistance coil or not following fitting instructions! But then again, that's a massive assumption from me.

Sod sacrilege, you've got to be able to drive the thing and not worry about it starting when it gets a bit cold etc... Some people like those lumentition units but I have no experience on them.

Thanks for the replies,sounds positive.good job.as I have ordered the job lot,new dizzy new coil,leads and plugs.see you at Le Mans
All the best luckytone

I was a bit disappointed with the replacement dissy I got. The advance weights were too light and so the mechanical advance was not enough leading to crappy performance. I since bought a NOS genuine Lucas mech dissy and have tried both mechanical (again genuine) and Powerspark points - there's absolutely no noticeable difference when they're working.

I swapped back to mech points (and took electric points in my toolkit) when I went on a long trip to Germany on the basis that if the mech points go wrong you can fix em with the back of a packet of Rizlas and if they're fooked I'd got a quick replacement

I couldn't say which is most reliable but we've had ****-poor weather and its never failed to start on the mechanical points...only point of difficulty is knowing how much choke to give it but that's a different story and both mech and electronic points seem to be equally prone to suffering from flooding.

Next project for me though will be a fully electronic (MegaJolt or maybe a homebrew) ignition system - that really is sacrelige! However, it can have some very useful features - such as having a button to give retarded ignition for hill descent and having a more optimal advance curve to give better torque and power - the system of weights in a dissy is pretty rough and ready...