Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site pertec.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!pesnta!pertec!kitten From: kitten@pertec.UUCP (karen hettinger) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: eliminating distributors Message-ID: <280@pertec.UUCP> Date: Wed, 2-Jan-85 22:29:51 EST Article-I.D.: pertec.280 Posted: Wed Jan 2 22:29:51 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Jan-85 01:52:31 EST References: <458@amdcad.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Pertec Computer Corp., Irvine, CA Lines: 30 > 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