Subject: Magneto v distributor

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Hi everyone,

I'm hoping to benefit from the collective knowledge of our community. I've done about 350 miles in my LG45 since finishing it a week ago and have had a number of problems with hot plugs and leads.

My car had a single Scintilla Vertex mag and also a coil ignition distributor, both of which I've retained. The distributor feeds to the plugs on the exhaust side. The magneto has been unreliable and when it fails I have had plugs and leads overheating on the distributor side - presumably because of un burnt fuel entering the exhaust system and causing overheating which in turn melts plug leads.

I've now got the mag working again but can't help thinking that a pair of modern coil distributors is the way forward. What have other owners done? I aim to cover several thousand miles each year in this car and it needs to be reliable.

Thanks in advance.

David