<VV> What is This?

[Rick Norris]

You are talking about the Hot Spark Intensifier!
JC Whitney and everyone else sold these little gems.
Not worth a damn but popular.
Rick


Subject: Re: <VV> What is This?


> It looks like one of the performance boosters that was sold at the old 
> time
> fairs.  Someone would have a car set up and running with one of these then
> switch to stock ignition and show the difference in the spark output. 
> They
> really didn't do much for performance. The resistor is probably in the
> circuit because these things were made for 6 volt cars.  This was back in
> the fifties.  JC Whitney sold them also.
> Bob T
>
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> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of mark at noakes.com
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 3:28 PM
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> Subject: Re: <VV> What is This?
>
> While it resembles a coil (very much like a new Jeep coil) and is grouped
> with the dropping resistor, I have never seen anything quite like it.
>
> Mark N
>
> On 4/16/12 1:54 PM, Tom Hughes wrote:
>> I was inspecting a '62 Monza with an otherwise stock engine and
>> noticed the item in the pictures. I thought it was some kind of fancy
>> coil, but the stock coil was in place and hooked up. Any ideas?
>>
>
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