Multi Spark Ignition...

[Mark Boxsell]

At 10:41 PM 26/03/96 GMT, you wrote:
>  Has anyone here ever played with multi spark ignition? Where instead of
firing
>once the plugs fire 5 to 20 times very quickly. I saw one of them a few
days ago
>on an S10 chevy, it picked up it's power 40% according to the engine
dyno!!!! I 
>was thinking about making a DIY version, having flutter on 500ns intervals. I 
>know that it will burn out the ignition coils I have (junk ford coils), I
think 
>that would be a cool ignition inprovement for my Briggs, also I was wondering 
>for all you people out there that know what you're doing. Is a 6amp @ 100V 
>transistor enough to switch the power conections to an injector and a standard 
>ignition coil?
>
>                 Thanks,
>                     Jim Staff
>
>

Jim,
       What most people don't realise with the MSD is that (on a V8) over
about 4000 RPM, maybe less I can't remember the actual RPM, the MSD becomes
a "normal" single fire CDI. 

                        regards,
                                        Mark Boxsell
                                        MRB Design.