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well well - found all this under the bonnet of my mk3 S

lucas opus ignition

any info anybody





pad

wasnt that known as lucus 'hopeless' back in the day???

worth taking it off i guess and replacing it with good old fastioned points

pad

You could always upgrade it!

http://www.reopus.co.uk/

looks like it was made for 12 cylinder lumps so why would you have one on a mini

strange but its comin off

pad4 wrote:looks like it was made for 12 cylinder lumps so why would you have one on a mini

strange but its comin off

I purchased my Mk3 S in 1971 intending to use it in rally's I contacted Lucas in 1972 querying the use on the distributer of quickafit points, This is their reply

"We do not make a special quickafit contact set for use on vehicles that are being used on rallies. Tests on the one piece set have shown that it can be used for
rallying or racing up to 9000 rpm without problems being experienced, and all distributers now manufactured by ourselves for use on these vehicles are fitted
with the one piece contact set as standard. However, if you wish to exceed the 9000 rpm, may we suggest that you use an Opus ignition system, details of which
are given in the enclosed publication."

Let me know paul if you want what appears to be fitting instructions for Lucas 32DE4 Opus ignition system!