Re: electronic ignition

[phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier)]

Nigel Pearson writes >

>         A CDI system is similar to TAI, except that it stores energy
>in a high voltage capacitor which is discharged into the coil. This results
>in a much more powerfull spark. Initially, the systems dumped too much
>energy into the coil, which resulted in the spark firing in more than one
>of the plugs at once.

Since this system still uses the distributor cap and rotor, I don't see
how this is possible.

phile@stpaul.gov