No, this is not a real set up at all….
My first thought was that someone mistakenly used driver coils on a conventional mag set up, but that is not the case, there are no spark plug leads coming out of the mag plate. But, on the other hand, I don’t think another driver coil will bolt up to the correct low tension mag plate… The other mounting bosses on the low tension mag plate are for the alternator windings, which has a different bolt set up than the driver coil. So, my only other guess is that someone has attempted to use a conventional universal mag plate so they could bolt up two driver coils. My next question is how this could possibly work, perhaps it never did. The only way I could see this having a chance of working is if the two driver coils are wired in series wired to the points this way. But, I really don’t think the timing would be correct if this stuff was mounted to a conventional universal mag plate… So, perhaps someone machined something up so that two driver coils would mount to the low tension mag plate….
It seems like you have already bought this item, correct? Hopefully you didn’t pay too much for it. I really don’t see how it could work out, but I will “never say never”. It will be very interesting to see how this is actually wired up once you receive it…It certainly can’t hurt to install it to see if you have spark on both cylinders, only takes a few minutes.
Again, this is not a factory set up, unless it is some sort of engineering “experiment” you got your hands on. Having an extra mag plate, provided it is a low tension mag plate and not worn is nice…Two extra driver coils and a wiring harness is nice also.
Very interesting….
OK, this has really got me thinking….Perhaps one end of each driver coil is grounded to the mag plate, this would provide a return path the primary voltage without having to use the other set of points….I can’t wait to hear if this set up actually sparks on both cylinders…
