[History]Who pioneered the use of 2 magnetos?

[Nick Name]

I think "Quad Al" had eight!

I saw Quad Al, and I don't think it ever ran.

Jay

 

[john]

I saw Quad Al, and I don't think it ever ran.

Jay

It ran, nobody wanted it at their track as it tended to roll the pavement up like a tube of toothpaste.

 

[Nick Name]

It ran, nobody wanted it at their track as it tended to roll the pavement up like a tube of toothpaste.

When Texd Collins bought it from Jim Lytle, it was just a trailer queen dragged from one car show to another.

Jay

 

[Nick Name]

The saga of Big Al
http://www.dragracingonline.com/nowthen/viii_8-1.html

Anyone know the story behind what happened to Tex Collins?

Jay

 

[Nick Name]

That should be Quad Al.
Howcome the edit feature doesn't work.

 

[Bob K.]

"Gentleman" Joe Shubeck designed the first twin distributor set up. It was not the side by side set up as todays side by side mags.

 

[PJ]

Holy pull a thread from deep in the archives batman. I didn't notice the dates at first, just saw post by Roger and thought somebody was messing around.

 

[mike]

Holy pull a thread from deep in the archives batman. I didn't notice the dates at first, just saw post by Roger and thought somebody was messing around.

Being you did not state which vehicle,airplanes -fire trucks had forms of duel mags or ignitions for almost a century.Racers did not invent the idea

 

[flapjack]

If you want to go with the "pioneer" that made it really work in drag racing (immediate performance gains), I'd go with Double A Dale. Of course, previous racers who used dual mags might have also seen immediate results. I am not sure of that. I am just showing my favoritism towards dale.

 

[yoda]

I recall seeing twin plug Hemis on Don Carlton's Motown Missle P/S Challenger back in 72-73, as well as on the Sox&Martin Duster around the same time

 

[yoda]

Holy pull a thread from deep in the archives batman. I didn't notice the dates at first, just saw post by Roger and thought somebody was messing around.

Right? I saw a post by Karl and went "WTF?"...