Re: [Amc-list] TBI fuel injection tuning...

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>]

"Lost spark" systems are typically used on motorcycles. My 1980 Suzuki GS1000G has two coils, two plug wires each. The cylinder with the compression and mixture hogs the fire, just as you surmised, and the one on the exhaust stroke gets a weak fire. If the carb is really out of adjustment, has a struck float or something in that order, it makes for a great back fire though! That seldom happens, as there is rarely enough oxygen left in the exhaust to allow an explosion. 

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Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:53:11 -0800
From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>

> > That would be very wild if you went with six coils to do individual  plugs.
> > All those coils mounted in a row.
> > Old style oil filled look coils of course.
> > To get two plugs per coil you'd have to go to some high tech "modern" coil, ewe, groaty...
>   

Nahh, just splice two plug wires into one coil -- as soon as I typed 
that, I realized that one plug will spark first (microseconds) and hog 
all the current, then the other cyl won't fire. Better RTFM on this!

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