Magneto wiring

[mmdm4]

Does anyone have photos/diagrams of a double magneto set-up? I have one of the '90's era Revell/Monogram funny car kits that uses this set-up and I would like to do some wiring on the motor. I believe it uses 2 spark plug per cylinder and I want to get the wiring right. Does each mag. supply one set of plugs? I assume 8 wires from each mag. to a set of plugs, is this correct? Also do the wires come out the side of the mags. or out the top? I have seen both styles and was wondering what would be correct for this kit.

Edited April 4, 2012 by mmdm4

[Dragracer]

1 Magneto supplies wires to 1 set of sparkplugs, just like a real car,only doubled,I believe the wires from the 90's & up come out thru the top of the mag.

[tbusch]

Does anyone have photos/diagrams of a double magneto set-up? I have one of the '90's era Revell/Monogram funny car kits that uses this set-up and I would like to do some wiring on the motor. I believe it uses 2 spark plug per cylinder and I want to get the wiring right. Does each mag. supply one set of plugs? I assume 8 wires from each mag. to a set of plugs, is this correct? Also do the wires come out the side of the mags. or out the top? I have seen both styles and was wondering what would be correct for this kit.

[mmdm4]

Thanks Terry, that is exactly what I was looking for! It clearly shows the wires coming out of the top of the mags. and I also like the different colored wires, except now I'll have to buy another color to go with the red I have. Thanks again.

[TedsModeling]

Here's a photo of Chuck Ettchell's 1995 FC. He has 2 MSD Pro Mags and both are wired in red. Some teams used 2 colors to make it quicker to identify the mag during a rebuild.

MSD has wiring diagrams on their Pro Mag site. http://www.msdpromag.com/

i posted a video on making and wiring these mags in the Tips & Tricks forum. I have a couple of videos you might like at http://www.youtube.c...ng?feature=mhee

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[tbusch]

MSD has wiring diagrams on their Pro Mag site. http://www.msdpromag.com/

i posted a video on making and wiring these mags in the Tips & Tricks forum. I have a couple of videos you might like at http://www.youtube.c...ng?feature=mhee

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Really liked that video put it on my saved list, so when I go build my late model altered

[Evil Appetite]

I have all of the schematics and drawings I've come across uploaded to my photobucket site. I think what you're looking for might be there.

http://photobucket.com/schematics

Edited April 5, 2012 by Evil Appetite

[Dragracer]

The schematics/drawings are great Mike, just put them on my Reference Page on my Favorites for future reference. Thanks, it'll be a great help on some of my builds anyway!

[Mooneyzs]

Mike those schematics are awesome. Thanks for sharing with us. I do have to ask do you work with Lab View by chance??

[GoatGuy]

Thanks for sharing all those schematics Mike. I learned a lot.

[TedsModeling]

Mike - Great info there. Awhile back I printed out a few that I will use in an upcoming video and didn't remember who to give credit to. Now I know. Thanks.

[gasser59]

Those schematics are great to have access to and I recognize page #20. Thanks for posting the link.

[mmdm4]

Thanks for all the help guys! This is the kind of info that helps everybody to make better models. Thanks again, I'm glad to see so many others were able to use the info.

Edited April 9, 2012 by mmdm4