Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdcad.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!amdcad!phil From: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Zap! Message-ID: <521@amdcad.UUCP> Date: Sat, 12-Jan-85 15:01:21 EST Article-I.D.: amdcad.521 Posted: Sat Jan 12 15:01:21 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 13-Jan-85 09:22:19 EST References: <217@topaz.ARPA> Distribution: net Organization: AMDCAD, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 19 > Want your points to last forever? ... > the fall time of a transistor is so much faster than a pair of points, you > get a bigger bang from the business end of the coil. At this point, the > question about eliminating distributors becomes academic. I think you're confusing points with distributors. I have an electronic ignition with an optical sensor. I do not worry about my points failing because they have been replaced with a beam of light which will never wear out. The problem my car had was due to a wet distributor cap which shorted out the spark before it got to the spark plugs. Also the rotor was pretty worn so I replaced it at the same time. These are the issues I was trying to address by talking about eliminating distributors. -- AMD assumes no responsibility for anything I may say here. Phil Ngai (408) 749-5790 UUCP: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra}!amdcad!phil ARPA: amdcad!phil@decwrl.ARPA