When you’re trying to learn about older cars, you might as well be signing up for the debate club. Every question, especially when it comes to breaker points, electronic, and multiple spark discharge ...

In 2010, Thomas Eyeington bought a derelict 1981 Pontiac Trans Am (TA) with a tired Poncho 301 and TH350. His plan: Build a modern high-tech hot rod for his son Alexander's 16th birthday. Tom swapped ...

Hinckley Triumph motorcycle owners have been complaining about ignition coil failures since, well, probably since the first Bloor Triumph sputtered off the assembly line. This is Part 1 of this ...

Modern distributor-less ignition systems utilize coil packs to electronically control spark to each spark plug. Generally, these ignition coil packs are robust and fairly reliable; however, they can ...

"It's not a heap, dad. It's a classic." That's harder to justify when your classic muscle car won't start. Nothing like a high-compression V8 combined with a battery that hasn't seen a charge for a ...

Combustion requires three elements - fuel, air and an ignition source. Air is a no-brainer, being available pretty much wherever drivers are. For most of the history of the automobile we've mainly ...

Whenever we talk to racers-which is practically every day-it seems universal that one of the most hated jobs is diagnosing electrical problems. Electricity isn't voodoo, but for some of us it might as ...

If you’ve been involved in hot rodding for any length of time, you’ll know these infamous letters: MSD. They stand for Multiple Spark Discharge, a patented design by MSD Ignition that fires your spark ...

The Rush a power adder can add to your internal combustion engine can be a fulfilling and fun experience. The surge of supercharged horsepower or the instant torque of a nitrous hit is sure to put a ...

The morphing of state-of-the-art electronics into today's performance vehicles keeps getting better all the time. And in case you're confused as to what magazine you're reading, we're not referring to ...