What is the Flame-Thrower replacement # for 18-5438 ignition coil?

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gm, I assure you I didn't. You took out of your time to help a complete stranger and for that I thank you. I tried to lookup this site you mentioned and I was taken to an Australian domain, is this what you was referring to? It is funny that their site says – in the about us section – Forget the rest, we are the best. In any event, I couldn’t find any link to articles or blogs on this site. If you can shoot me a link, I would appreciate that.

Deep, It has been a while since I frequented the Jacob's Electronics website. Seems they have changed there format a LOT. However, I also didn't know they are now affiliated with Mr. Gasket. That is news to me. I bought one of their books back in my wild hotrod days and read it cover to cover. And I do have to say it was one of the best books for general and totally in depth knowledge about anything ignition.

One of my habits is, when I get into a new interest, I have to read and educate myself with everything I can read or see to totally understand what is going on. I did it with Electronics, Reloading and Molding Bullets, R/C aircraft, Shooting, Woodworking, Engines and building them, Transmissions, and every hobby I ever got interested in.

Here are some of the books I bought and read for Engines, Carbs and Ignitions Systems.

Some of the books I have and also read are:

Chevy Performance by John Michelsen
Holley Carburetors by MIke Urich and Bill FIsher
How to built and Modify Ford 60 degree V-6 Engines by Sven Pruett
Holley Carburetors by Dave Emanual
Basic Ignition and Electrical Sytems by Mike Schofield
Engine Bluprinting byRick Voegelin
And of course Jacob's Electronics/Ignitions by Jacob

I was most impressed with the Jacob's electronics book. He even went into programs you could use to determine which oil offered the best HP gain by determining the internal resistance of any engine. He also talked about igniting the combustion air/fuel supply. And how a typical flame front is not only dependable but also predictable as well. And therefore that is why we need to have advance timing as the RPMs raise in the first place. Since the flame front is repeatable and a known value, advancing ignition timing to start that flame front is the only way to get a complete burn before the piston is too far pass any useful power capability. Otherwise we would never need to advance any timing in any engine.

If you can find that book, I honestly suggestion you buy it and read it. A real good book for anybody wanting to learn everything about ignition systems. He was, at that time, even working on microwave ignition systems to ignite all the fuel/air molecules at the exact same time instead of a progressive flame front. Obviously that hasn't shown up on the market. He was going to use microwave tube and microwave plumbing to each cylinder instead of wires. I guess that was too risky. :noidea: JMHO!