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Well the good folks of this forum just informed me about a sweet mosfet r/r mod that I will definitely be upgrading in the near future.
http://roadstercycle.com/Shindengen FH012AA Regulator upgrade kit.htm
This raised another question in my mind that seemed appropriate to start in a new thread. What are the options for upgrading an ignition system on an 83 vt750? The timing and synchronization of a mod seem they would be troublesome to get correct. The ignition coils seem pretty straight forward to mod, but the pulse generator and spark units I'm not sure about, mostly because I'm not sure what those units are doing. My basic understanding (or misunderstanding) is that the pulse generator is controlling the ignition timing and must be in sync with the camshaft or something. It sends a timing pulse to the spark units telling them to send a blast of current to the ignition coils. I assume the spark units are some barbaric transistor style switching which I would like to upgrade to mosfets. So then the spark units send their pulse of current to the ignition coils and the coils do a turns ratio voltage conversion up to the 25-35kV needed for the spark plugs. But that's just my guess. Any knowledge on the subject will be greatly appreciated.
http://roadstercycle.com/Shindengen FH012AA Regulator upgrade kit.htm
This raised another question in my mind that seemed appropriate to start in a new thread. What are the options for upgrading an ignition system on an 83 vt750? The timing and synchronization of a mod seem they would be troublesome to get correct. The ignition coils seem pretty straight forward to mod, but the pulse generator and spark units I'm not sure about, mostly because I'm not sure what those units are doing. My basic understanding (or misunderstanding) is that the pulse generator is controlling the ignition timing and must be in sync with the camshaft or something. It sends a timing pulse to the spark units telling them to send a blast of current to the ignition coils. I assume the spark units are some barbaric transistor style switching which I would like to upgrade to mosfets. So then the spark units send their pulse of current to the ignition coils and the coils do a turns ratio voltage conversion up to the 25-35kV needed for the spark plugs. But that's just my guess. Any knowledge on the subject will be greatly appreciated.