Q: dual ended ignition coil

[Henry David Sommer]

Zublin, Bryan wrote
> 
> 
> I have always wondered if the dual ended coils used on the motorcycles could 
> be used on a larger displacement engine, with a typical high energy 
> capacitive discharge system (like an MSD 6A).  Has anyone tried this?  Can 
> these "smaller" coils handle the energy discharge?

	I'm just an ME but why wouldn't they?  As far as I can tell if it
ignites the gas a spark is a spark.  Why would a car need a bigger one
than a bike?  If you only have one coil the car would probably feed more
cylinders with it. However, the bike can turn twice the RPM so the loads
would be the same. 

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