The postwar General Motors OHV V-8s were difficult to tune. Ignition distributors mounted at the firewall end of the engine, and the breaker points and condenser were difficult to replace. In the late ...

My 1978 Corvette is cutting out under acceleration. I took the car to the dealership, and they told me the distributor was defective and would need to be replaced. I would like to keep as many ...

The contact-points ignition system has been used on the internal combustion engine since the early 1900s because it is simple and durable. Compared to the computer-controlled ignitions used in today's ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] This story appears in the Jan. 25 print edition of Transport Topics. The business of selling truck parts is changing as original ...