anyone know what this is

[Fire & skill]

fitted to a bracket on the R/H side of the engine

has the details:

mitsubishi 22020 53j20 j131

 

[ram5ay]

mitsubishi 22020 53j20 j131

If i remember right 53J is a 200sx engine code as opposed to 54C - GTIR, so poss ign amp or the like for a 200?

 

[Fire & skill]

ignition amplifier?

well that would make sense I suppose :lol:

hows things Phin?

 

[ram5ay]

Good man ay, doing away you know. Still not got the Sunny back on the road though, ha ha.
Hows tricks with you?

 

[PobodY]

poss ign amp or the like for a 200?

That's what google says... actually it comes up as the ignition amplifier for a Pulsar in this pdf.

 

[Fast Guy]

It's the correct part for your car. (ignition amp) They obviously use the same bit on more than one car.

 

[Fire & skill]

Good man ay, doing away you know. Still not got the Sunny back on the road though, ha ha.
Hows tricks with you?

have you done any work to it yet?

I'm fine, I am working on a project R I bought a few months back :doh:

do you still see peterkiwi?

 

[gtiroz]

aka the "power transistor"

can cause loss of power when it overheats...
(resolved by removing from bracket and attaching to a heat sink)

 

[PobodY]

Hmmm - is that a cheap and easy mod then? Head down to your local electronics parts store (Jaycar or Maplin maybe), buy an appropriately sized heat sink (probably for a stereo) and mount it on your power transistor?

 

[gtiroz]

yep

 

[Fire & skill]

now that looks a bloody great idea!! 8)

 

[PobodY]

I don't really know what this reputation button does, but I figure you've got some coming your way Shalom!

 

[gtiroz]

original credit (from my end at least) goes to oz members ivan, who first suggested cleaning and re-applying the heatsink paste back in '02,
followed by deano a couple of years later who shared the physical heatsink approach...

note the immediate location is severly restricted by the factory loom.
some owners have extended the wiring and mounted the transistor further away,
others have made custom brackets and worked within the confines...

not sure what the engineers were thinking mounting a component (that works hard and is effected by extreme temp) on a bracket attached directly to the block :roll:

 

[ram5ay]

have you done any work to it yet?

I'm fine, I am working on a project R I bought a few months back :doh:

do you still see peterkiwi?

Ay, getting there slowly! still need a crank before I can put it back together though. Pulled one out of an engine yesterday, but it was no good either (fourth one now with a hairline crack on the inside of no4 big end?). I'm starting to think there was some sort of manufacturing / casting issue with them, either that or I am just a hell of unlucky.
Ay still got the lockup with Pete, but he is off down under just now, back soon though I think.