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Old April 13th 2003, 13:29
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Originally posted by Ron Roberts
My Jacobs ignition actually uses the bosch or whatever coil you already have. The current than goes to a secondary coil that ups the voltage. On my stock engine it helped with starting and added a couple mpg. On my 2017 it does'nt seem to have any benifit that I can tell. The multiple spark discharge theory (MSD) doesn't make any sence to me. Once the mix is ignited, continuous spark is useless as I see it.
Ron
if I remember right the reason for multisparks is to help with the exhaust , multi sparks will burn off any of the excess gas from bad timeing and help keep the heads cooler because less exhaust material will flow out on the exhaust stroke also creating less blow by.
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