A magnet is attached to the engine’s crankshaft to time the voltage spikes, these spikes are fed directly into the spark plugs to cause ignition, this is why you don’t need a battery.

That means real four-cycle operation with spark ignition and fully-functional valve trains, oil pumps, water pumps and fuel pumps. These beautiful 1/4-scale engines are the creation of aptly-named ...

Older vehicles with distributor-type ignition systems use ignition (or spark plug) wires to send electrical current from the distributor to individual spark plugs, with the timing based on their ...

ISRO is developing a LOX-methane engine for the Next Generation Launch Vehicle with a reusable booster stage and two ...

The spark plug cables of an internal combustion engine are oftentimes one of the most neglected components under the hood. In ...

The ignition (or distributor) cap is where ignition wires that run to the spark plugs receive high-voltage current from the ignition coil. Metal contacts in the cap connect with contacts in the ...

ISRO is working on a LOX-methane engine for its Next Generation Launch Vehicle, which features a reusable booster and expendable stages. A spark torch igniter is being developed for increased ...