Shift light for 5 cyl?

Marc Swanson marcswanson at mediaone.net
Fri Apr 6 20:51:36 EDT 2001


> Uhuh. The cam turns at half the speed of the crank. The distributor
> is only pointed at the right plug once every two revs. The coil fires
> 5 times per revolution of the cam, or 2.5 times every revolution of
> the crank. Once for each cylinder.

oops, thats probably where I made my mistake.  I forgot that the distributor
only points to the right plug on every OTHER revolution of the cam.  That's
what I get for quickly invisioning the system in my head while reading the
post.  Mea culpa.


-Marc-

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