Re: Dual Ignition coil on Scirocco

[trnsfrma@ix.netcom.com (Shawn C. Meze)]

At 08:25 AM 7/1/97 -0500, you wrote:

>Do the race guys use this as a backup system they change in the pit. or can
>they swap on the fly? Something like aircraft engines with dual plugs and
>dual distributors, maybe?


Right, they use this second system that the driver can change while out on the 
track. They dont use a second plug. Its a box with everything built into it 
and a single A-B switch on the dash. Both coils goto a single outl
et A-B type setup. I remember seeing one on a Track Fact years ago. (ESPN has 
excelent coverage!) 
Im sure by now they have it so compact that its much simplier than all this. I 
also know they keep the ignition systems inside the car and run the coil wire 
into the engine compartment. I know they got to be running a pretty hot spark 
since they run +14-1 compression! 
I've often wondered why they dont use a Magneto setup. Probably because its 
not allowed by the rules I would imagine. 


Shawn
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