If you have a classic, vintage, or otherwise old car, you've probably heard of the distributor that it features. It's part of ...

The ignition (or distributor) cap is where ignition wires that run to the spark plugs receive high-voltage current from the ignition coil. Metal contacts in the cap connect with contacts in the ...

Older vehicles with distributor-type ignition systems use ignition (or spark plug) wires to send electrical current from the distributor to individual spark plugs, with the timing based on their ...

The GM High Energy Ignition (HEI) self-contained distributor and coil package is a slick upgrade for any small- or big-block Chevrolet engine over a breaker point ignition. But the HEI does suffer ...