Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84 chuqui version 1.7 9/23/84; site nsc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!nsc!steph From: steph@nsc.UUCP (Steph Rutel) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: eliminating distributors Message-ID: <2156@nsc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 4-Jan-85 20:36:59 EST Article-I.D.: nsc.2156 Posted: Fri Jan 4 20:36:59 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Jan-85 04:21:20 EST References: <458@amdcad.UUCP> <280@pertec.UUCP> Organization: National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale Lines: 55 Summary: Reply-To: steph@nsc.UUCP (Steph Rutel) Followup-To: Distribution: net Organization: National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale Keywords: In article <280@pertec.UUCP> kitten@pertec.UUCP (karen hettinger) writes: >> Many years ago I eliminated the points on my car with an electronic >> ignition and have had trouble free service from that part of the >> system ever since. >> >> Yesterday my car wouldn't start and it took me an hour to figure >> out that dew had shorted out my distributor. >> >> It would be quite easy to get rid of the distributor with four >> ignition coils and a little electronics which could not fail >> in the way I experienced yesterday. >> >> But with modern electronics and power transistors it would be >> easy to drive a coil with 1,000v. Then the ignition coil would >> only need to step up by a factor of 12. >> >> Anyway, I hope an automotive engineer (if beer makers are on the >> net, why isn't GM, Ford, or Chrysler?) will read this and think >> about it. >> >> Phil Ngai (408) 749-5790 > >Unfortunately, I don't have my AUTOMOTIVE NEWS handy (it's packed away) >but GM, more specifically Buick, if I recall correctly, will have an >85 (or 86???) model with *no ignition module*. If I could find the >dang thing, I'd give you the specifics. Unfortunately, this news has >been out for a while, so I can't recall the details. Anybody out there >hear about it? >-- > kitten~ > {ucbvax!unisoft | scgvaxd | trwrb | felix}!pertec!kitten I also seem to remember a few years back (I don't remember how many) of an article in a magazine (Motor Trend, maybe ?) that described an electronic ignition (sans distributor) that used logic, coils, and diodes (for directing the spark to the right cylinder). It seemed ingenious in concept, and I believe that Ford was planning to put it into production in one of their 4-cylinder models. (Now that I think about it, the magazine might have been Radio Electronics or the always defunct Popular Electronics) Does anyone remember this ? Is this trivia or am I dreaming ?? -- THE Steph'R @ National .....QUESTION : Where is the good life ??? ANSWER :___________ (Hint : Have you checked your attitude lately !!