Unlike older vehicles, which needed ignition tune-ups at least once a year, most vehicles on the road today have electronic ignition systems that are built to go for years without the need for them.

With electronic ignition, the reluctor, mag pick-up and ECU (not shown) collectively serve the same purpose as contact points. The magnetically conductive reluctor is the electronic equivalent of the ...

In this age of electronic fuel injection and ignition it's hard to believe there are still some running around with a points-trigged ignition system. The concept of breaker-points ignition is all ...