I'm sick of these debates over the ultimate ignition...
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YellowDart69
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After reading too many conflicting opinions, I stuck with points. Haven't failed me yet.
Yeah sounds good, I’ve got an idea, let’s hook ‘em up to eight arc welders mounted in the boot! Time them off a crank trigger! We’ll make millionsGap them at 15 feet minimum.
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Yep like said. I stick with points.
How many still keep a points distributor as a back up ( in a box in the trunk!?).
I now have one of each. My 64 has been converted to Mopar Electronic. It works well now. My 66 is the factory dual point. I think I am going on 10 years on the same set of points. (may be 10,000 miles), and my 70 Swinger has Pertronix. So far, all 3 work perfectly.
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Just checking to see if this idea made it past April 1.... lol
I had Bazza's Lucas distributor completely rebuilt, and the guy that did the work threw-in two spare sets of "Rolls Royce" points (turns out the R/R takes the same set of points as the Lucas). Given the amount of miles Bazza puts on his car annually, I doubt he'll ever need either one of them.
But they're in the glove box, just in case.
Whats funny... just a few years ago, I bought an F body Volare, It ran and drove great and had what had to have been the original ECU. It was so old, ALL the under side insulating goo was long, long gone!!! I ran it another year, but did have a "new" one carried in the trunk for a spare!!!!! Go figure!!??
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Well, making an ignition module is on my to-do list after finishing up the voltage regulators. But the ignition module will not use any black market nuclear weapons components.
And even if I did bribe People's Liberation Army officers into parting out a few nukes for their circuitry, I doubt that would stop the arguments over which ignition system was the best.
moparmat2000
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Nope I bet they have not. I ran points for many years. Kept an empty file, matchbook, and a screwdriver in the ashtray too. All you old timers know exactly why too.
First time I upgraded to mopar electronic I thought hey this is pretty cool. No points to fiddle with. Stronger spark etc.
Then i found the HEI module eliminates the ballast resistor, delivers a way hotter spark than the mopar electronic, and will actually fire a stock mopar electronic dizzy. Better cold start performance, off idle and part throttle acceleration is improved, along with a tic better in gas mileage.
The www.designed2drive.com mount bracket which is on my current distributor build hides the module cleanly under the distributor. It can be wired up without cutting anything, you can go right back to points in a pinch. I think after upgrading and trying it, you wont want to.
moparmat2000
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Their nukes have recycled washing machine guts for circuitry anyways. Just hit up your local appliance parts store
All seriousnous aside, I thought the OP was all April Fools an' such. I have never HEARD of a krytron tube. Well they are REAL. Real and also radioactive!!!
I have seen this one before, an effort by Tung-Sol using a Thyratron tube. I believe at one time, there was a better article
Thyratron tubes were used in my day to trigger pulse radar transmitters. Very high voltages and very high (in some cases) peak power. They are the high power, high voltage and "vacuum tube" (actually gaseous filled) equivalent of a modern SCR solid state switch.
I have seen this one before, an effort by Tung-Sol using a Thyratron tube. I believe at one time, there was a better article
Thyratron tubes were used in my day to trigger pulse radar transmitters. Very high voltages and very high (in some cases) peak power. They are the high power, high voltage and "vacuum tube" (actually gaseous filled) equivalent of a modern SCR solid state switch.
Interesting. My former employer removed all their VCB’s (Vacuum Circuit Breakers) in their high-voltage switching equipment years ago because they emit X-rays when operating.
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I figured the best recipe for an April Fools joke is to put a grain of truth in it. I'd also tied in a real story about officers in the Chinese army getting busted for selling rocket fuel on the black market and filling a missile with water.
I didn't know there were tube based CDI systems; that's a very interesting find.
I didn't know there were tube based CDI systems; that's a very interesting find.
After reading the description,
en.wikipedia.org
"Krytrons can switch currents of up to about 3000 amperes and voltages up to about 5000 volts. Commutation time of less than 1 nanosecond can be achieved, with a delay between the application of the trigger pulse and switching as low as about 30 nanoseconds."
I must say I am impressed
Krytron - Wikipedia
"Krytrons can switch currents of up to about 3000 amperes and voltages up to about 5000 volts. Commutation time of less than 1 nanosecond can be achieved, with a delay between the application of the trigger pulse and switching as low as about 30 nanoseconds."
I must say I am impressed
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There's a reason my user name isn't Sane Scientist Matt.
NITROTRIP
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Look this up, it might help with this project.
Oreilly's auto parts. Part # 121g
In stock a few months back.
Rick
Oreilly's auto parts. Part # 121g
In stock a few months back.
Rick
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It has its used, but I can never figure out its maximum rated voltage.
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