Comments on: How to Convert an ATV to Ford Ignition

By: Rickey Philli[ps

Rickey Philli[ps — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:41:57 +0000

Hi Rick. I tried the ford ignition on my 300 bayou and it got it running again. However my atv does not have a mechanical spark advance so I tried a thick film ignition module from a late model ford and it brought it to life. If you or anyone else wants to try this I am more than willing to help just email me. and thanks for getting me started in thr rite direction. yarddog1015@yahoo.com

By: Jeffrey Knight

Jeffrey Knight — Mon, 02 May 2011 12:03:03 +0000

Do the resistors go inline between the stator and duraspark or do they bridge the two stator wires. I can’t get rid of knock under load on a yamaha Kodiak

By: Tyler

Tyler — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:58:12 +0000

do you hook the puler coil or the trigger coil to the ignition box

By: Michel Verville (from Québec)

Michel Verville (from Québec) — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:28:55 +0000

I put a Ford Motorcraft Duraspark II box on my Suzuki LT 4WD Quadrunner 250 CC ATV… Wow!!!… it’s wonderful!!… my quad is more powerful than the original CDI
One thing about the timing:
With my Suzuki quad, I need to add a 5 ohms resistor between the pick-up coil wires (stator) orange and purple!
The voltage level from the pick-up coil to the orange et purple wires is the best at 0,5 volt AC, the 5 ohms resistor help to keep the voltage level to 0,5 volts AC, not more!
My Suzuki ATV run very very good with the Duraspark II box!

By: mike

mike — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:20:59 +0000

nevermind, relized i fried the box wiring it wrong, bought a new one (BTW a duraspark box for an 83 ranger 2.0L is only 31 bucks. so if you cant find one in the local salvage yard, you can always buy it new for cheap) my quad runs again!!! now to find those resistors to get the timing right lol

By: mike

mike — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:21:09 +0000

i put a duraspark on my kawasaki 300 lakota sport, and im not getting any spark. due too no pulse coming out of the box. i wiried it up exactly how the picture said aswell

By: Lavar

Lavar — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:42:07 +0000

Super Super write up and info. I will be doing this to a Suzuki quadrunner. Thank you for saving me money and time as this is more durable than that silicone filled cdi box.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:28:46 +0000

Hi Rick, Great information here. I was wondering if this set up will work on applications that do not have a mechanical advance. I think the Yamaha Moto-4 ATV does not have a mechanical advance, but I wanted to make sure. I plan on doing this conversion on a 82 Kawasaki 250 KLT three wheeler. I tried using a GM ignition module but I don’t think the signal from the magnetic pick-up is compatable. Hopefully, the Duraspark module is .
Oh, one more question, When I go to the junk yard, what model years and models of Ford should I be looking for to grab parts from? Thanks.

By: shawn

shawn — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:22:31 +0000

Net wiring trick.I just got it hooked up on a chiese 250 and it work great.I did notice that the ballast resister gets kinda hot when running.Any idea on that?Oh ya .Without the battery hooked up the motor wants to skip a little and hasn`t got all the power so best to have a battery in the 4 wheeler. Thanks again.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:22:07 +0000

Great information, and thanks for sharing. One gem there, you just just add=
ed in, was how to adjust timing on an cdi machine, as well… a little resi=
stence works wonders.
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Thanks a bunch