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Re: Roadster on Japanese TV

To: <DemonTSi@aol.com>, <JeffVH@aol.com>, <hoon@pixar.com>
Subject: Re: Roadster on Japanese TV
From: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 17:50:30 -0400
No big deal about direct fire ignition. Just check out Electromotive's web
site. Has been in use for many years by the folks who used to race 240Zs -
Electromotive.

Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: <DemonTSi@aol.com>
To: <JeffVH@aol.com>; <hoon@pixar.com>
Cc: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: Roadster on Japanese TV


> In a message dated 09/03/2000 12:55:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> JeffVH@aol.com writes:
>
> >   anyone notice during the video that the red 67.5 2000 with the black
> >  stripes appears to have a coil for each spark plug?   pause your player
at
> >  58.7 seconds and take a look.. For all the talk of ignition systems
I've
> > seen
> >  on this board, I haven't heard of this way to get a hot spark...
>
> That's actually a pretty common mod in japan for most hi-po cars. There
are
> kits out there to convert your car to a direct fire ignition system. I'm
not
> sure exactly how the pre-manufactured kits do it, but you figure you just
> gotta find a way to give each coil a signal to fire its cylinder at the
right
> time (could use the distributor for that)...
> Also check out the huge polished catch can situated right next to the
coils
> in that car's engine bay....!
>
> \/ /\ /\/


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