Every time we buy a Ford car from Total Performance Years, one of the first things we do is address the primitive breaker point ignition system. When the breaker points burn, or otherwise come out of ...

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.

For something that's everywhere, but can't normally be seen, electricity is pretty amazing. It can produce light, heat, and something that's important to most of us: it can jump an air gap in a ...