Tracing the Origins of Distributor Caps A Historical Journey

... cars anyways I'm in need of some advice. A week ago I was driving my car and it began to sputter in first ... mentioned this firing order ... Electronic ignition first became available as an option in certain GM cars in the early 1960s. It was first incorporated as a standard ... Was there a "standard" material for the black distributor caps on US cars of the 1960s? I think I remember Echlin/Accel saying their tan colored ... Most ignition systems in automotive history have used a distributor to send electricity to the right cylinder at the right time. ... Originally, it was achieved ... It is well known that most cars had distributors by the time the Model T ford was invented and all but a hand full had electric lights a ... I prefer the original distributor cap , first for the original look . The gaps can be measured between the rotor tip and the 4 contacts in ... The distributor's switching function tells the coil to send a spark when the rotor is lined up with a terminal in the distributor cap. The switching ... The cost of the cap is nearly $330 and the wire set is $150. Add in the three-plus hours of labor and it is easy to see how this can total $800. It wasn't HORRIBLE, but I could tell the engine was having trouble maintaining a steady idle especially right after rolling to a stop and first ... The ignition spark from the coil comes into the top of the distributor cap and travels down to the rotating arm, which has a spring loaded metal ...