[Spridgets] Electronic Ignition

Dean Hedin dlh2001 at comcast.net
Wed Mar 18 18:35:21 MST 2009


It's not Apples to Pears.  Points were obsoleted to electronic ignition
long before electronic engine controls & sophisticated emmisions came along.

Electronic ignition was first developed to address the short commings of mechanical points
and not to accomodate emmisions issues (other than the fact that dirty points cause pollution)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave G." <kk7ss at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Electronic Ignition


> Not to be flogging a dead horse, but
> modern cars need to vary the ignition timing (among other factors) 
> for emissions and economy reasons which depend on the load and a 
> number of other conditions...
> 
> You can't vary mechanical point dwell or ignition timing while under 
> way!! At least, not easily....


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