One of the contributing factors to the LS engine's success when it comes to performance and economy can be traced to its DIS (distributorless ignition system). By assigning an individual coil for ...

Paging through an ignition catalog reveals all sorts of different ignition coils for conventional distributor-type ignition systems. To say it's a mite confusing is an understatement!Just how does an ...

Q: About two years back, my engine began to shudder and lose power at times. My trusted mechanic determined the cause was a defective ignition coil and replaced it. All has been fine until this past ...

A battery in a traditional car cannot directly create engine spark. It’s only rated at 12 volts, after all, so it needs a little help boosting the signal to the spark plugs. To make that happen, a car ...

An ignition coil is a vital component of a vehicle's ignition system. It is responsible for converting the low voltage from the battery into the high voltage needed to produce sparks at the spark ...

Sudden misfires feel like the engine just lost its rhythm, yet the real drama often starts inside a failing coil pack. When ignition coils break down under heat, vibration, or age, they can turn a ...

Engines need spark plugs to burn their air/fuel mixture, and the spark plugs need a jolt of electricity to do their work. Older cars with conventional distributor-based ignition systems did it by ...

The spark plug was a key invention in the history of the internal combustion engine, allowing combustion to be easily controlled and engines to rev faster than messy earlier designs. Mid-century cars ...

When Ford introduced the SEFI 5.0L High Output Mustang in 1986 many predicted the end of the tunable engine. Ironically it was the beginning of a new era of super-tunable small-block Fords that would ...