Subj : Battery Trivia
To   : TOM WALKER
From : Matt Mc_Carthy
Date : Mon Jun 13 2005 01:54 am

12 Jun 2005, 08:48, TOM WALKER (1:123/140), wrote to JEAN PARROT:

Hi TOM.

 JP>>        He also had me going for a spin as I was trying to tuneup 
 JP>> a Citro‰n 2 CV. That small car had a twin-opposed motor and being 
 JP>> 4 cycle, to save parts and keep the price down, it only had one 
 JP>> coil. It fired every revolution, on the two plugs at the same 
 JP>> time. Firing at the end of the exhaust cycle did not matter much.


 TW> That was commonm for two cylinder motorcycles. And a Lot of
 TW> Distributorless cars use that method also. My Subaru's do. They 
 TW> have the 4 cylinder opposed pistion engines just like the Citroen and 
 TW> the Old VW's.

My Daughter's '89 Olds Cutlass Ciera has the same setup with the V-6 engine and 
three double-ended coils.


     Good luck...  M.

--- Msged/386 TE 06 (pre)
 * Origin: Matt's Hot Solder Point, New Orleans, LA (1:396/45.17)

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