(First, a quick plug: My new book, The Lotus Chronicles: One man’s sordid tale of passion and madness resurrecting a 40-year-dead Lotus Europa Twin Cam Special, is now available. It’s a deep dive into ...

At 7,000 rpm, a spark plug ignites the air/fuel mixture nearly 60 times per second. Any one of those 60 sparks going amiss can at best be mildly annoying, and at worst cost you a race or an engine.

I've got a '69 Chevelle SS396 with the factory tach. I'm planning on replacing the stock points with a PerTronix Ignitor electronic ignition module, along with the PerTronix Flame-Thrower coil. These ...

You know PerTronix for its Ignitor series of drop-in electronic ignition conversions for points distributors, but now the company has released the Second Strike, a unique ignition system that provides ...

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 ...