<VV> Ignition tester

[kenpepke at juno.com]

On a Corvair I would have pulled one wire out of the distributor cap and plugged in the wire with the spark plug type tip and I would connect the clamp end wire to the spark plug wire ... I would then know the KV required to fire that plug ... Repeating on the remaining 5 cylinders would give me a voltage requirement pattern for the engine.  Odd one in the bunch?  Start looking for the reason.
Ken P 


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Daniel Monasterio <dmonasterio at hotmail.com> wrote:

   Found an "Ignition Tester" at a fleamarket sometime ago but, never tried to 
use it till yesterday. It has 2 wires, one with a terminal like an spark plug tip and the 
other one with a clamp (see attached picture). Having no instructions, I connected first 
wire to an spark plug wire and, the second to ground. Started engine and it showed 8 
KVolts at idle with an increase up to 12 KVolts at revving engine. Showed the same at all 
6 wires. Ignition system is a Pertronix I with matched coil and Seth's wires.

   Concerns: Did I use it the right way ?, Are those voltages right ?

   Thanks

Daniel Monasterio (still learning a bit more every day)



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