>>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 thi
s is possible.
>phile@stpaul.gov
My $0.02,
it does happen because the CDI makes a spark with an extremely fast
rise time. The inductive coupling of the HT leads just running parallel
from the distributor to the plugs is enough to make the spark in one lead
generate sparks in the others.
Patrick Krejcik.
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