Timing belt ?

[Kent McLean]

Huw Powell wrote:
 > You could run the dizzy off the crankshaft, but then there'd be a
 > wasted spark at TDC on the exhaust stroke.  And coil charging time
 > would be halved...

Some cars (the Miata comes to mind) have a wasted-spark by design.
I think 1 coil powers 2 spark plugs, so one spark gets wasted each
(every other?) cycle.

-- 
Kent McLean
'94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke