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Pro's and Cons of Electronic Ignition for B-18 444-544

posted by  Ron Kwas on  Thu Apr 4 03:56 CST 2019
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Dave;

...what "Windings in the Distributor"? ...you mean the trigger for elec ign?

Such out-of-the-blue electronic failures are probably the biggest reason I have no interest in installing an automotive electronic ignition (spoken as an electronic engineer who knows high reliability avionics, and that they DO NOT build that level of reliability into stuff intended for cars!)...I bet the points based ignition won't do that! (...and even if it did have a problem, I wouldn't have to figure out how to "sleep upright", but I'd get it going again and be on my way...).
I guess the point is, if you want to enjoy the (alleged) quicker starting and smoother idle, and never (hopefully) have to dink around with points again, go ahead and install the elec ign, but keep the points and tools on hands as a plan B, just in case...

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