X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:18:04 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from smtp103.plus.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.206.236] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2c4) with SMTP id 2629443 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:02:55 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.142.206.236; envelope-from=mcmess1919@yahoo.com Received: (qmail 64379 invoked from network); 3 Jan 2008 16:25:19 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:From:To:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Mailer:Thread-Index:Content-Language; b=i+VoK1nGTou7O9bAg7JZZ443VNRNRK7/cq2icF7s5zsOEF3VII8/Ip/fmAoURyCmqliJwcG414jOKhlk7VChXeA6J8EFlwTf359UFuBaq8YIXFTQD6TOl+kNncPw/9Lu21XFJoc1I6OJiTAzDt//euqB3xllaO5HRq7hRFd5JPg= ; Received: from unknown (HELO Laptop) (mcmess1919@24.153.224.216 with login) by smtp103.plus.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 3 Jan 2008 16:25:19 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: rmyw56IVM1knzm4akxNT3qMVLavbxnAMGvVr0ShQB7hQh60A From: "Steve Colwell" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: One mag, One electronic ignition X-Original-Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 08:25:10 -0800 X-Original-Message-ID: <000301c84e25$3b1f90a0$b15eb1e0$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AchMJ59L4aBVFBxeRnmobDUuublJpAAsjfUg Content-Language: en-us I have not done any tests but I believe if One Mag and One Electronic Ignition is used you are likely to fail the Mag Coil prematurely (that would reduce the aprox. 400 to 600 hour normal failure of a new Slick to a really unacceptable life). Why?? One of the principal advantages of EI is the variable timing advance that improves power and efficiency. When the EI fires a plug before the Mag, the pressure rise from earlier combustion may prevent the Mag plug from firing. Maybe (probably?) preventing the Mag plug from firing at least at higher altitudes where advance is the greatest. I base my theory on the old Champion Spark Plug Testers that used an air hose to increase pressure while firing a plug to check its ability to continue to fire. What do others say? Steve Colwell >Gary said.... >On the other question about dual electronic ignitions: >I was thinking about building mine with a dual electronic ignition and the >power source that I finally came up with (before I abandoned the idea in >favor of using one mag)