Chris Wilson Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 An acquaintance has knocked this up "in his shed". The plug pressure vessel is charged to umpteen bar with nitrogen and he can test coils, igniters, plugs and leads at up to 20,000 RPM equivalent, and up to 5 bar boost pressure equivalent, and watch the coil waveforms on an oscilloscope. As an aside it terrifies small children and animals! How cool is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 If you want a spark to jump the insulator like that Google capacitor discharge ignition. If you get a belt off that you know about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Is your friend Nikola Tesla? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Massey Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Will he be doing tests on coils and igniters as a business? Or was this just as a hobby? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 I can test them, it's a PITA as I am not set up for it, but I guess I could sort something. It wouldn't test plugs in a pressure vessel like that though. Plus he's in Oz.... With 2JZ and 1JZ coils I suggest you just reb=new with OE, as most are now cracked if you examine them closely. Igniters are pretty easy to test, on or off the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 What you can do to a plug's porcelain insulator with a serious ignition system and too big a plug gap.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Think I found a picture of your friend! Pretty impressive though! http://www.absurdintellectual.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Doc-Brown.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Think I found a picture of your friend! Pretty impressive though! http://www.absurdintellectual.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Doc-Brown.jpg http://www.atthecinema.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/bttf-002.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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