PKR@SLACVM.SLAC.Stanford.EDU writes >
> >>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
>
> 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.
Is this why I have sometimes seen that you want to have your spark plug
wires cross each other at least once? Pat?
"Don't cross the beams!" - Ghostbusters
|