ION and EGOR

[Mike Morrin]

At 09:08 PM 21/05/98 -0700, garfield at pilgrimhouse.com wrote:
>
> It seems the main problem with inductive
>IGN and ION's ways is that *maybe* at real high rpm, she may not be able
>to open her eyes in time to SEE the bad things she's supposed to report,
>cuz the inductive spark duration is soooo long.

Why not clamp a suitable resistor across the primary of the coil a 100us
(or whatever) after the firing point, to quench the spark, and allow the
ION to open its eyes at a controlled time?

In other words, shorten (under processor control) the inductive spark
duration to be long enough to light that fickle mixture, but not as long as
it would with the unloaded coil ringing.

Food for thought?

Mike Morrin