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Originally Posted by 142 Guy
If you have to start your car in cold weather and your battery and vehicle wiring are in less than perfect shape the ignition modules will reduce the spark energy potentially making the car harder to start.
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To be honest, I have no idea how they will now be designed. No doubt the accountants will have taken their 10 pounds of flesh! The last one I fitted, I built myself but it was way back when (I suspect around late 1970s). I ran that on my MGB for over 5 years and it never missed a beat in winter or summer and did wonders for both starting and fuel consumption. I do understand however that 'cold' here in the UK is not 'cold' as in Canada
I was assuming (yes I know it's dumb) that today's systems would be even more reliable... Perhaps it's best to dig out that old cct diagram from Elektor (?) Magazine and just make it yourself. Seem to recall (but may well be wrong as I'm now old) using a 2n3055 on an ali case...