Re: electronic ignition

Posted by PackardV8 On 2011/9/13 7:51:06

THe e-ignition fad is not for better performance or anything that has to do with operation of the car. Most people want the e-ignition just so they don;t have maintane the points. I have no idea how this fad got started or why filing or replaceing a set of ignition points is considered such an undesireable effort or expense by the e-ignition crowd.

The e-ignition craze is like radon, pet rock, rare coins, fall out shelters or an array of any other fads over the years. Sooner or later the e-ignition owners will get stuck with replacing $200++ worth of e-ignition parts and expend a lot other resources because the e-ignition failed. THEN they'll convert back to a $6.00 set of points that they can carry on their key ring and spend 15 minutes once every 6 months to file them or replace them and live happily ever after.

Until then, they'll all be dreaming on silver dreams of wonderment.

EDIT: Possible exception is engines over 8:1 compression mite experience bettter performance and gas mileage with e-ignition. Probably not alot until sustained high engine demand is reached such as racing or pulling trailers thru the rockies or running 80 mph all day long on the interstate hiway. Under 8:1 the e-ignition is just fluff and fad in any case. So the V8's mite see some improvement. But any gas mileage economy will be lost to future cost of any e-ignition failures that mite occur.

Bottom line: Noone has a spare 15 minutes once every 6 months or an .018" feeler gauge or points file any more to be bothered maintaning a set of points. But everyone has $200 and a spare week or two to convert to e-ignition and an extra $200 to spend on spare parts to carry in the trunk in case of failure.

SO e-ignition makes perfectly good sense. doesn;t it????