Electronic Ignition

The PAMCO XS400 ignition system is now available from www.mikesxs.com (Part #14-0999) or directly from PAMCO at www.cb400ignition.com

Mikesxs is selling it C/W new caps for $124.95 as that is reccomended for any electronic ignition system. PAMCO sells it for $119.95 without caps, but again it is recommended that you use new resistor caps.

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Do you need resistor caps if you have resistor plugs? Like the NGK BPR7EIX plugs.
 
xschris,

No, you need either resistor caps or resistor plugs but not both. In any event, be sure to check your caps to be sure they are not open as it is the caps, generally, that fail before the coil does.

www.xs400ignition.com
 
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I will be getting this. If it is the caps that normally fail. Would it be better to use res. plugs and non res. caps?

Well, yes and no. The caps will fail eventually, so why not replace them now? Especially at the price that MikesXS is offering. Plus, I think that resistor plugs may be more expensive than non resistor.
 
HI ALL
have just received mine from pamcopete only took 10 day to get to me in the uk what a great bit of kit very easy to fit works brilliant doesn't miss a beat

andy

nice one, let us know how you get on with it over the coming months :D
 
nice one, let us know how you get on with it over the coming months :D

will let you no how it goes but at the mo thumbs up its working great with more pull, my mate has just got his aswell we just fitted it and he cant believe how easy it was to fit and strobe in

andy :thumbsup:
 
will let you no how it goes but at the mo thumbs up its working great with more pull, my mate has just got his aswell we just fitted it and he cant believe how easy it was to fit and strobe in

andy :thumbsup:

is there an ignition box with this, or is all the electronics within the contact area?
 
is there an ignition box with this, or is all the electronics within the contact area?

theres no ignition box theres two circuit boards in the contact area you get one constance beat all the time with the bike not like the points when you can here that double beat now and then its so easy to set up done over 65 miles on mine today didnt miss a beat great bit of kit no more points for me

andy
 
theres no ignition box theres two circuit boards in the contact area you get one constance beat all the time with the bike not like the points when you can here that double beat now and then its so easy to set up done over 65 miles on mine today didnt miss a beat great bit of kit no more points for me

andy

I'll start saving :)
 
Hi all
just to add the ignition system is still running fine done over 2000 miles on it and it still hasnt missed a beat i havent had to touch it great bit of kit :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
Dont be a doubter of the pamco.

I run one with e advance on my xs650. I would never, ever go back to points. The repop chinese made timing advance is owhat blew to pieces and left me stranded in the first place, thats why i switched to the pamco. 6000 kms and hasnt missed a beat.
 
My son recently purchased a 1980 xs 400 which was converted into a cafe racer. The bike was firing wildly and would backfire, misfire or not fire at all. The bike had the original TCI -transistor controlled ignition. Through a variety of trials and with a timing light. I determined the the TCI unit was bad. These TCI units are no longer produced and I didn't want to spend $100 on a used 30 year old electronic unit. Doing some investigation I determined that the 1980 and 1981 xs 400 is the Same basic engine with only the mechanical advance unit and points being the being the differences between the Pre1980 and post 1980 bikes. The engine cases and cams are identical up to production of the DOHC engine in 1982. I discovered that by adding a mechanical advance unit from a early bike (eBay) the Pamco unit can be easily added and wired into the existing system. The entire TCI, coil pickup and rotor is replaced. I was able to wire the new Pamco unit into the existing wiring harness used for the TCI. The bike now has a super strong spark and fires up instantly. I adjusted the timing and the total advance is right on the money. The bike pulls strong and has absolutely no misfiring issues. So, if you have problems with a TCI equipped bike, get an early mechanical advance unit with the Pamco unit and this will fix all of the TCi related ignition issues. The wiring is quite easy and straight forward. I kept the original coils. I also discovered that one of the spark plug caps was bad, so we replaced both. We have now put several hundred miles on the bike in the last 2 weekends with no issues. I wanted to post this as I did quite a bit of research on this looking for an alternative for the TCI with very little luck.
 
Does anyone know if the Pamco ignition system will work for a xs360 1976. Cant to find ay info for the xs360.

thanks
 
It should as the xs360 uses the same ignition setup as the 77-79 xs400 that have points.
 
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