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Light and Heavy Vehicle Technology
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Light and Heavy Vehicle Technology

by M.J. Nunney
March 2016
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
514 pages
33h 25m
English
Newnes
Content preview from Light and Heavy Vehicle Technology
IGNITION SYSTEM 193
10.4 INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC IGNITION
SYSTEMS
General background
The concept of introducing electronic components into
the electrical ignition system of motor vehicles, orig-
inally to improve the life of the contact-breaker points
and later to eliminate them altogether, is by no means
of recent origin. Joseph Lucas developed a breakerless
electronic ignition system for racing car engines in the
early 1960s, and General Motors in America offered
such a system as optional equipment on their 1962
Pontiac models. About the same time a number of
accessory fitting systems of various types were also
made available. Unfortunately ...
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ISBN: 9781483105062