Living with a Porsche 944

Today was the day to tackle the ignition service. I knew the car had an ill-fitting distributor cap, and having checked the plugs a couple months back I knew they were past their best too by now. Furthermore, JM Garage had pointed out that the leads were past their best also. Essentially the whole shebang had to be changed, and in my pursuit of recovering all my BHP this was a vital service to perform on my 944 at 200,584 miles. It didn't take a genius to see that the condition of the existing parts was appalling. Since my last inspection of these bits & bobs at the onset of winter, the dizzy was now very loose and the rotor had obviously been smacking the sides of the distributor cap as it flopped around. Both had visible signs of damage! The new Beru on the left and old Bosch Distributor Cap on the right - just look at the damage and dirt inside that dizzy: Take a look at that knackered rotor on the left - the striking edge has been bent back from hitting the ignition p...