Electricity only travels at 95-97% of the speed of light through unshielded
copper wire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_electricity)
That'll make a huge difference.
Bob
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Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Ewald" <richard.ewald at gmail.com>
To: "Ed O'Neal" <ed at wadsworth-eng.com>
Cc: Healeys at autox.team.net
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 8:26:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] ingnition leads
For those of you that are math inclined.
Speed of light = 186,000 miles per second
186,000 miles per second = 982,080,000 feet per second
982,080,000 = 11,784,960,000 inches per second. That is eleven billion,
seven hundred eighty four million, nine hundred sixty thousand inches in
one second.
Having one spark lead 1" longer will delay the spark by
Are you ready for this?
Are you sure?
*0.000000000085 seconds.*
*Holy shit, that is going to throw your timing on that cylinder all to
hell. </sarcasm >
*
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