High performance is all about horsepower. But even the ultimate in heads, compression, cam, and the rest won’t make power if you can’t light the fire. Ignition systems don’t make horsepower, but a ...

The ignition system has always been the weakest link in the combustion engine cycle. Belgian-born engineer, Jean Joseph tienne Lenoir, invented the stationary gasoline engine back in 1860 and he used ...

It wasn't all that long ago that GM engineers designed the original HEI system to replace the decades old points-type ignitions. In the mid-'70s, leaner mixtures demanded greater voltage and more ...

We can hear the howling already. "Why do I want to put some junk GM ignition on my (insert AMC, Mopar, or Ford)?" The answer is: Don't—unless you like the idea of a higher-performance, more-efficient ...