-----Original Message-----
From: DANMAS <DANMAS@aol.com>
To: CREICHLE@nsc.msmail.miami.edu <CREICHLE@nsc.msmail.miami.edu>;
JedPiper@earthlink.net <JedPiper@earthlink.net>; mgs@autox.team.net
<mgs@autox.team.net>; vansyck@hq.1perscom.heidelberg.army.mil
<vansyck@hq.1perscom.heidelberg.army.mil>
Date: Wednesday, December 17, 1997 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: Distributor
>In a message dated 97-12-17 14:48:33 EST, CREICHLE@nsc.msmail.miami.edu
>writes:
>
>> Where did you get the idea that you need two coils to take advantage of a
>> mallory dual point distributor or that you could even hook this up if
you
>so
>>
>> desired? The purpose of the dual points it to increase reliability and
>> accuracy of spark timing not to use two coils.
>
>From my knowledge,
>limited though it may be, I can tell you that you won't get a hotter spark
>from a single coil, no matter how many points you use. Reliability and
>accuracy are another story, and if you can hook up a single coil to use
dual
>points, reliabilty and accuracy might well be improved.
Dual points are normally hooked in series, slightly out of phase, the theory
is that this gives more dwell time( the period that the coil has to "charge"
as it were) giving a more stable spark.
Leigh Egbert
leigh@aol.com
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