Points ignition and EFI? (HELP!)

eric schumacher e.schumacher at postoffice.worldnet.att.net
Sun May 3 15:27:40 GMT 1998


The early VW systems had points for both the ignition and the injection.
Any noise generated by arcing at the points  is at least several orders of
magnitude below the noise generated by a sparkplugs arcing. The underhood
enviorment electrically is very severe, points are the least of your worries.

At 09:20 AM 5/3/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Why would you want to do this?  There is most likely a drop in 
>replacement for your app.. conversion should be like a 20 minute 
>job.
>
>> 
>> Has anybody in EFI land ever heard of a standard pts ignition system being
>> used with an EFI system.  I am designing a system based on a Motorola HC12
>> and need to know if the noise from points ignition will cause problems.  I
>> am working with a time crunch so I don't have time to convert to
>> electronic igntion.  What can I do to minimize this kind of noise?  
>> 	
>> Any kind of advice would be greatly appreciated!  
>> 
>> Chris Vondrachek
>> chrisv at egr.up.edu
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>Randy Braun
>'77 C-10 pick-up, DFI-Tuned Port, 350
>'82 Firebird, DFI, ZZ3
>'91 GTA, Stock
>




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