A couple of years ago. the folks at Chrysler Corporation introduced a prime example of their "extra care in engineering": a pointless electronic ignition system that ...

In this age of electronic fuel injection and ignition it’s hard to believe there are still some running around with a points-trigged ignition system. The concept of breaker-points ignition is all ...

For something that's everywhere, but can't normally be seen, electricity is pretty amazing. It can produce light, heat, and something that's important to most of us: it can jump an air gap in a ...

When PerTronix introduced the Ignitor electronic ignition retrofit roughly two decades ago, we were skeptical, thinking "How can you fit an entire electronic ignition system in this tiny little thing?

When you’re trying to learn about older cars, you might as well be signing up for the debate club. Every question, especially when it comes to breaker points, electronic, and multiple spark discharge ...

Q. I've noticed my new car doesn't have a distributor or spark plug wires, unlike every other car or truck I've ever owned. Can you explain how this works? A. This is one of the neatest automotive ...

The ignition control module is a crucial component of a vehicle's ignition system. It is a control unit responsible for regulating the ignition timing and generating sparks to ignite the fuel-air ...

Engines need spark plugs to burn their air/fuel mixture, and the spark plugs need a jolt of electricity to do their work. Older cars with conventional distributor-based ignition systems did it by ...