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From: dss00@amdahl.UUCP (Deepak S. Sabnis)
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Subject: Re: eliminating distributors
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Date: Fri, 4-Jan-85 11:54:02 EST
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> > easy to drive a coil with 1,000v. Then the ignition coil would
> > only need to step up by a factor of 12.
> > 

And how is the 12 V supply from the battery to be stepped up to a
1000 V (without costing more than the reduction in cost of the
ignition coil, if any).
I hope you are not proposing that battery voltages of 1000 V
be made standard. As a matter of fact my impression (from my earlier
profession) is that the cost of all electromagnetic devices like coils
and transformers have less to do with turns ratio and more to do with
the (Volt*Ampere) product.

The comments above are only to add to the factual accuracy of what
Phil said; his original idea that distributors are a weak link and
should be avoidable has merit and worthy of consideration by the
auto engineers.

While on the subject of improvements in autos, how about starting
a discussion on electrical automobiles (including the hybrid variety
which has a gas engine and an electrical motor to get best of the
two worlds).
-- 

Deepak S. Sabnis ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,amd,nsc}!amdahl!dss00    (408) 746-6058

(Opinions expressed above are strictly my own :-| )