By David Freiburger If you're a follower of the "How It Works" series, you've been learning the principles of what makes a car run. You've boned up on the four- ...

Most of us take the ignition system for granted, ignoring it when it's working and treating it to plugs, points, condensor and rotor when it fails. Considering the job ignition systems are ...

Kyle writes: I think you’ve got it. From my understanding, the condenser is just the shock absorber for the current flowing through the ignition system and exists to protect the points from arcing.