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Date

New Starburst06

V8 Points Wear Fast in First 50 mi

 

Wiedeman

5/2010

2

Spark Plugs for the Model A

 

Russert

8/2007

3

 

 

 

 

New Button 35 x 140

A Simulation of a Model A Spark is provided to give Model A owners an appreciation of the complexity of the generation of a spark to fire one plug. Clicking the ICON on the left will start Windows Media Player and Automatically load the simulation.

What you will see:
- The distributor points cam, and rotor action.
- The current flow in the primary and secondary of the coil
- Graphs of the Primary Current and Spark Voltage
- The multiple sparks generated for each plug
- A representation of the Magnetic Fields in the coil.

File Sizes:
- Best Quality is 9 Mbyte file TO VIEW CLICK “High Speed” ICON
- Dial-Up Quality is 3.6 Mbyte file TO VIEW use “Dial-Up” ICON

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