What is the difference between a single fire and a dual fire coil?

What is the difference between a single fire and a dual fire coil?

What are the benefits? Dual fire ignition systems fire both spark plugs from a single coil at the same time. Single fire ignitions separate the firing pulses, only firing the cylinder under compression. The main advantage of dual fire systems is simplicity and low cost.

What is a single fire ignition?

A single fire ignition eliminates the backfire problem and enhances idle quality. The single fire ignition uses separate coil windings and electronics to fire each spark plug independently. Spark firing occurs only on the compression stroke.

What’s the difference between dual fire and single fire?

The only practical difference between the two is that a single fire unit needs to know which coil to fire – front or rear, while a dual fire system just fires its single coil at an interval given by the pick-up (adjusted in your ignition unit for the 315/405 deg difference between front and rear).

What kind of engine does a 1998 Sportster have?

Engine is force fed by a dual purpose, gerotor style, oil/ scavenger pump. Back to 1998 Sportster History -Table of Contents- 1998 Sportster 19in. (T19 x 2.15 MT)- (Silver)- 13 Spoke 19in. (T19 x 2.15 MT)- (Black)- 13 Spoke Rim Valve Hole Dia.: 0.45in 19in. (T19 x 2.50 TLA)- (Chrome)- 20 Spoke 21in. (T21 x 215 TLA)- (Chrome) 20 Spoke 16in.

What kind of ignition system does a Harley Davidson Sportster use?

From single-fire to dual-fire and single or dual-fire combination systems, we stock the right Harley Sportster ignition to match your favorite bike. Best of all, if you get stuck in the install, J&P Cycles offers free tech support should you need it.

Can a single fire ignition be used on a dual fire crank?

Using a cam sensor would be the most reliable way to phase a single fire ignition to a crank. Hoople is absolutely correct in his points about the stock dual fire (or wasted spark). Now he’s got a TC, but at least on a carbed Evo the conversion to single fire is easy:

The only practical difference between the two is that a single fire unit needs to know which coil to fire – front or rear, while a dual fire system just fires its single coil at an interval given by the pick-up (adjusted in your ignition unit for the 315/405 deg difference between front and rear).

What kind of power does a 1998 Harley Davidson Sportster have?

The new, 1998 XL1200S Sportster Sport promises to beat with a hot-rod heart. But think again. All the engineering changes made to this first “P-3”-powered Sporty have resulted in more of a seamless, torquey type of acceleration rather than brute, wide-eyed, idle-skipping power.

From single-fire to dual-fire and single or dual-fire combination systems, we stock the right Harley Sportster ignition to match your favorite bike. Best of all, if you get stuck in the install, J&P Cycles offers free tech support should you need it.

What kind of styling does a 1998 Sportster have?

Styling: Though the Sport’s ’98 color palette is limited to black, the blacked-out treatment extends to many unique corners, including the mirrors, headlight eyebrow, handlebar, and rear fender rails. The engine has a variety of complementary finishes that also make it distinctive.