Coil Quest Over (or just postponed?)

[Mike Morrin]

At 08:28 3/06/98 -0400, Clare Snyder wrote:
>Just had an idea on the Nissan coils - anyone check them for continuity
>at, say, 80 volts? Mabee, just mabee, they have a HV diode stack in
>them?

I think (although I was wrong once), that these (and some other
distributor-less coils) have a series spark gap in them to simulate the
effect of the distributor rotor to cap gap.  This has the effect of
sharpening the voltage rise time at the plugs, making them less prone to
fouling.

Mike Morrin