AEC103 A research study…

I’m conducting a little research or study project into 4-wire Marelli AEC 103 A CDI units originally found in C/4s & Dinos (+ apparently Fiat Dinos & Lancia Stratos’) and was wondering if anyone with those would be willing to assist me. They don’t have to be in the car or even working, but will require a brief conductivity test with an ohm-meter and must be original/un-modified.
If interested & willing, please PM for details. Any car & personal information will be kept strictly confidential.

 

Just wanted to add that having/owning a car is not prerequisite for this.
Even a used, non-working box or few collecting dust on the garage/shop shelf and willingness to help is all that’s needed.

 

Hi Timo, You might want to contact Adrian Le Hanne. I am sure will be able to answer your questions.

He does post on FChat as alhbin

 

Another great source is Fred Winterburn. His father F.L. Interburn was one of the early innovators of CD ignition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_discharge_ignition

Fred has been producing his own points system ignition for years. Many of us on F-Chat have been thrilled by its performance. lots of threads on it.

https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/rebuilding-a-dinoplex-aec103a.276251/page-10#post-147163864

 

Thank you gentlemen.

I’m quite aware of Adrians and Freds work, but my research is not directly related to their efforts.
In fact, I was in contact with Fred just last week as I’ve have some of his products currently in use and experienced an unexpected issue which initially stumped us both, but I got it figured & sorted over the weekend.

I’m merely trying to satisfy my own curiosity related to that unexpected issue and I figured a small (blind ?) field sampling from a few or more unmodified OEM units would be helpful.