Dual ign system?

Roger Heflin rah at horizon.hit.net
Fri Feb 18 18:21:59 GMT 2000



On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, mike crane wrote:

> Hi Gar & Roger
> 
> Coil joiners...are these Y connectors, ie two HT leads that feed one plug!
> 
> Now for a dumb question, if a wastefire DIS system hits a plug , a coil ign
> hits the same plug at the same time, somewhere else on that engine the
> wasted spark hits the other plug it's paired to, and presumably the opposite
> side of the dizzy cap that the rotor is aimed at.
> 
> So what happens, does the HT bridge in the dizzy cap, track through the
> rotor to the other plug? Does most of the energy not get dissipated through
> the plug (or earth/ground?) or is it tracking back up the coil ign coil and
> cooking something?
> 
> Either way if it was a twin plug head it would not be the same issue!
> Apologies if this is way off the mark, my excuse is I'm a newbie!
> 

I think the system would be safe on the wasted spark with both hooked
together, as the dist would have a significant air gap.   Now what it
does when the primary plug fires (from one or the other system) to the
other system, I don't know.

				Roger

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