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| Charles Freeborn |
 May 20 2025, 09:48 AM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 307 Joined: 21-May 14 From: United States Member No.: 17,377 Region Association: Pacific Northwest  |
Greetings all,
My car has an Electromotive HPV-1 crank fire ignition that seems to have given up the ghost. The car will run for a few minutes (badly - backfiring out exhaust stumbling) and then die altogether. No spark. When it's stone cold it'll rinse and repeat. It doesn't run long enough to have engine heat be the cause, so I fear it's a component inside that's shorting and causing it to fail. The circuitry is all potted so I can't easily see if there are any fried bits. I've gone through the install countless times, new crank sensor, ground wires up the wazoo but no love. The company is long gone, so factory service NA. Does anyone know of a repair or replacement service for these, is it worth it, or should I chuck it all and start over? I honestly don't know if the distributor drive gears are still in the engine. It was all built by Fat Performance in the '90's, but they seem to be gone too. TIA, -C |
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| PlaysWithCars |
May 26 2025, 04:51 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 537 Joined: 9-November 03 From: Southeast of Seattle Member No.: 1,323 Region Association: Pacific Northwest 
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I've been running the MegaJolt unit from Autosport Labs for many years now with good success. Similar to MegaSquirt, but this is only ignition. It uses the Ford EDIS control and coil packs that are readily available.
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Charles Freeborn Ignition system options May 20 2025, 09:48 AM
slivel
Greetings all,
My car has an Electromotive HPV-1 ... May 20 2025, 10:21 AM brant I saw a post shed one in the classifieds not too l... May 20 2025, 04:17 PM slivel I assume that you have the manual, but if not, the... May 20 2025, 04:46 PM Charles Freeborn Thanks all for ideas. I've tested and grounded... May 20 2025, 05:51 PM infraredcalvin Post a pic of what you have, I’ve never seen a s... May 21 2025, 08:50 PM
Charles Freeborn
Post a pic of what you have, I’ve never seen a ... May 22 2025, 11:46 AM Charles Freeborn Great advice everyone. I've decided to go back... May 30 2025, 04:37 PM |
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