Considering a new distributor for your classic Mini? Pros and Cons of Powerspark, Part 1 of 2

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*I am not sponsored or paid to discuss the Powerspark distributors, this is my review of the product that they sell.*
Part 1 of 2
Is your distributor worn or tired?
Are you considering replacing your original Lucas 25D distributor for your classic Mini Cooper?
In this video I compare a used Lucas 25D distributor to a new Powerspark 25D distributor.
I break down the pros and cons of the new Powerspark and highlight differences in design and quality issues.

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8 фев 2024

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@roselh1 11 дней назад

Hi Darren, I have a 45D Powerspark tuned by A.C. Really happy to see that with you we now have a “local” tuner. I am in Florida so not exactly local but at least in the U.S. Also using an HIF 44 prepared by A.C. These are on a 1275 Bugeye that I am restoring for my son. Lin

@darrensrestorations991 10 дней назад

Hi. Glad you found my channel.

@MrStelzb 4 месяца назад

Hi Darren, been enjoying your distributor videos and it has helped me learn and progress my restoration of a lotus twin cam which has an odd Lucas distributor - 25D but a body for clockwise rotor while it needs to go anticlockwise. The internals are correct for anticlockwise and there is no shaft wear at all so it is rebuildable without vacuum advance which is what I was planning to do if I replace the plate with a 23D one or lock it up. However, your praise for power spark has made me wonder if that would be a better route. I would need to have it regraphed to suit my cams etc… so was wondering if this is easily done on them (im in Australia and know people with the sun machine) and if there are springs available to do it. Would be a good topic for a video for your channel too.

@darrensrestorations991 4 месяца назад

Hi, i will be taking both of these apart for Part 2. Will be showing how to check the total advance as well. I buy lengths of different spring sizes and cut/bend them to the size needed when recurving. Only way to know what spring you need is by testing it on a dizzy machine. I have built a custom dizzy machine which lets me easily change the springs. The old Sun units require the entire assembled dizzy to work while my setup only needs the inner shaft. I will show this in a video at a later date. Good luck and thanks for watching

@MrStelzb 4 месяца назад

@@darrensrestorations991 Brilliant - looking forward to it.

@VarandMusic Месяц назад

Powerspark is a cheap Chinese knock off. Fix your original one or find a good used 25D unit.

@darrensrestorations991 Месяц назад

There are no good used 25D units. The shaft wear alone make them no good. Plus the curve on an original 25D needs to be adjusted to match the engine it is going on. The powerspark units are cheap but they can be tuned and have high power modules. High power module = more spark energy. No one else has a high power option for the A series motor.

@VarandMusic Месяц назад

@@darrensrestorations991 Agreed, by the way; the work you do is amazing, it’s definitely a lost art.