Technical Can a distributor be mounted instead of the ignition coils, on a 1.1 MPI engine from the Seicento?

[Alfa33boxer81]

Hi guys, as you already read on the title, I would like to have some little info about the possible physical possibility of mounting a old type mechanical distributor there where the ignition coils are mounted?

The question is not, on making it work and fire properly. The question is does it fit in the hole on the head and if there is already some gear shape/tabs on the camshaft's end to copy with the distributor and make it rotate??? I have heard that all engines until 2002 MPI/SPI have the geared camshaft to house the mechanical distributor, but I'm not sure. Some say it would be possible only on the SPI engine ect.

Can someone please confirm this for me... It means a lot to me as my old man mechanic wants to do some experiments on a Fiat Panda and upgrade it but in the old fashion way


Thank you very much in advance

Best, Elvis

 

[The Panda Nut]

Surely step 1 is to take a cam cover off the target engine and look see. It sounds unlikely to me but thats natural pessimism. If you mess with the ECU functionality you may have to remove it compeltely and that would be a bucket of worms

 

[Alfa33boxer81]

Surely step 1 is to take a cam cover off the target engine and look see. It sounds unlikely to me but thats natural pessimism. If you mess with the ECU functionality you may have to remove it compeltely and that would be a bucket of worms

The engine is going to be fitted in a '90 Fiat Panda. I think that it is originally running on carb, but I'm not sure. Anyway the old man that is going to do the work it's an old Fiat/Alfa freak who repairs cars from old timers to lately models like Alfa Romeo 4C. It's old but gold and very good mechanic. It's actually my personal mechanic who serves also my Alfa Romeo Giulietta QV 1.8tbi

He knows what he does and he can do this conversion without doubt.

It's just that we don't have this engine at the moment to have a look on the camm housing...and wouldn't be very smart to buy one without first knowing if a distributor can be fitted

 

[Alfa33boxer81]

I could also take a part the coil pack on my MPI SEICENTO but I recently changed the O-ring and finally stopped that nasty oil leak. Taking it of it's a guarantee for a new oil leakage

 

[The Panda Nut]

If there is no ecu then your off to some sort of start. Ecu control of too much sttuff would make this hard work balancing inputs etc.

 

[Alfa33boxer81]

What I really want to know onlythis...
If all of the Seicento 1.1 camshafts have this grove on the coil pack side, that's it?

 

[Sergiobcn]

Mi cinquecento sporting 1.1 la lleva también