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6 cylinder four stroke vs. three cylinder two stroke

A project log for Boat Motor Gets Updated Ignition

updating a 1968, 3 cylinder, 55 hp, johnson outboard motor with junkyard parts to have crank triggered distributorless ignition.

duane-grzybDuane Grzyb 07/15/2017 at 02:050 Comments

The biggest epiphany moment for this project occured when realizing that a wasted spark 6 cylinder ford EDIS ignition module would be ideal for timing a three cylinder two stroke motor. By eliminaing half the coils abd using every spark (including those from a 6 cylinders wasted exhaust cycle) expensive antiquated ignition parts could be abandoned in favour of a modern inexpensive auto wrecker solution.

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