Vacuum advance is a topic that many hobbyists avoid like the plague. Most summarize its perceived intent into a single function—a way to increase fuel mileage. While it's true that vacuum advance can ...

Your Mustang's distributor performs one heck of a job. It has to deliver a timed spark to each spark plug at precisely the right moment in sync with piston travel and crankshaft, camshaft, and valve ...

There appears to be a surge of misinformation on the internet claiming that anyone who doesn’t hook their vacuum advance line to manifold vacuum is an incompetent tuner. Unfortunately, this can lead ...

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 ...