Modern Technology for an Old Ignition
Oct 22, 2021
3 minutes
BY DON LINDFORS
PHOTOGRAPHY BY
THE AUTHOR
ack in the early 1900s, Charles Kettering invented what we now commonly call the Points Distributor Ignition System. It was a pretty good design that served the automotive industry well for over 60 years. But by the ’70s, engine performance gains and tightening emissions standards were revealing the shortcomings of the points ignition system. Higher rpm caused point bounce, which messed with timing, leaner combustion mixtures required
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