The Ignitor should be used with coils of 1.5-ohm resistance or greater, while the Ignitor II can benefit from higher-powered, super-low-resistance coils.

The Ignitor II differs from the Ignitor in that it's a "smart" ignition system, able to sense current levels of power in the ignition coil and adjust the dwell as you drive. We're talking more ...

PerTronix offers three types of Ignitor upgrades for your tach-drive distributor. There's the original black Ignitor module, which does the work of ignition points. The Ignitor II in red has many ...

Ignitions in Action Most people are familiar with the components in an ignition system, such as the distributor, coil, plug wires, plugs, and ignition box. On the other hand, people are far less ...

In the Jeep's case, the coil is part of an ignition control module, but it is serviceable separately. The Electronic Control Unit (ECU, an early ECM) handles coil control via the ignition module. Coil ...

The automotive ignition system is an incredibly amazing machine that has evolved for more than 100 years already and continues to evolve as the demand drives the need to develop more efficient engines ...

The basic workings are familiar to any car buff. An ignition coil contains a pair of windings around a ferrous core. A set of contact points inside the distributor are open and closed by lobes on ...

If the ignition coils are in an accessible spot, such as on top of the engine, then you can just pay for the parts — likely in the $40 range – and install them yourself.