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Originally Posted by chrishill
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I've never heard of an engine sharing plug leads or plugs between cylinders since you want the best quality spark you can get to ensure the most efficent burning of fuel
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Interestingly, there are vehicles that don't have a distributer that are NOT using coil on plug electronics - the spark is sent to all the cylinders every time. The 4 cylinder engine in my old Ranger was this way. The reason it works is that the HIGHER the pressure in a cylinder, the lower the "breakdown" voltage with an arc - and once an arc is started, it gets lower yet. In other words, the cylinder closest to TDC will fire!
Strange, huh?