Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!hp-pcd!orstcs!hakanson From: hakanson@orstcs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Electronic Ignition conversion Message-ID: <3000033@orstcs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Jun-84 12:40:00 EDT Article-I.D.: orstcs.3000033 Posted: Fri Jun 8 12:40:00 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Jun-84 19:32:52 EDT References: <2602@ncsu.UUCP> Organization: Oregon State University - Corvallis, OR Lines: 12 Nf-ID: #R:ncsu:-260200:orstcs:3000033:000:737 Nf-From: orstcs!hakanson Jun 1 08:40:00 1984 I'm not sure how well they live up to their claims, but I do know that (according to a couple of people I've talked to) many drag racers use the MSD ("Multi-Spark Device" ??). My limited experience has been with helping out in the pits at a boat race, where the typical setup was a flat-bottomed boat with a Chevrolet 454 c.i. V8. Apparently the MSD lets them get by with less-than-perfect ignition systems, and thus allows them to run at 10K+ RPM without missing. The MSD works *with* a normal ignition system -- it uses the breaker points if you have them, and it can be hooked up to a lot of stock electronic ignition systems as well. Marion Hakanson CSnet: hakanson@oregon-state UUCP : {hp-pcd,tektronix}!orstcs!hakanson