In this age of electronic fuel injection and ignition it's hard to believe there are still some running around with a points-trigged ignition system. The concept of breaker-points ignition is all ...

Classic Delco distributors are among the most rugged domestic distributors ever done. We're rebuilding a cast-iron tach-drive distributor from a small-block Chevy. However, this tutorial applies to ...

When Jim Hairston from Pertronix sent us the Ignitor II drop-in electronic ignition for older, point-triggered Autolite and Motorcraft distributors, it was deja vu all over again. Ten years ago, we ...

If you’re wrestling with a rough-running Ford six-cylinder engine, you’re not alone. Drivability issues exist mostly in the induction system thanks to a poorly engineered log-style integral intake ...

Some service technicians may be surprised to learn that the silicon carbide element of a hot surface igniter (HSI) can be handled without damage. However, it is better and safer to handle the igniter ...

Russia and Italy have entered into an agreement to build a new fusion reactor outside Moscow that could become the first such reactor to achieve ignition, the point where a fusion reaction becomes ...

To meet the demanding needs of pyrotechnic engineers, Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. introduced a new massive electro-pyrotechnic ignitor chip (MEPIC) resistor offering Joule effect or flash ignition ...