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Sure, I know about distributorless ignition, and I love it! Those coil packs, even coil-overs, could easily get shot-up with water and if only temporarily, since everything's hot, prevent a quick restart. Road-water is highly electrically-conducting stuff, has basically very low resistance to...

Wiring diagram with it? Would be helpful. imp

It's quite true that controlled nuclear power produces radioactive waste products, many of which are exceedingly toxic and have very long lives, but they never consist of Uranium; it's far to valuable to be buried back in the ground, especially U-235. Cobalt is an important ingredient in...

Did you ever hit a big deep puddle of water when you had an ignition distributor, and the engine stalled, and would not re-start? I did. On a hunch, I raised the distributor cap off, and steam from water hitting hot manifolds had condensed INSIDE of the cap, making all sparks easily ground out...

The Takata deal involves an estimated 40 MILLION vehicles. My nephew currently has a loaner while his Nissan Versa will sit at the dealer until estimated fix date in MARCH! imp

How can that be guaranteed given all the variables? What about moisture intrusion from rain, mist, road mist, underhood high humidity conditions? Do you think an engine can restart ALWAYS within a second or two? I don't. imp

Damned good question, since many drive with both feet that way. You are to be commended for thinking of that! It's more important and significant than meets the eye. imp

I suspected that was the case. Had never seen a Ford product do that ever. I had by then owned at least 50, but most were old era, badge-shaped key, inserted into the dashboard, LOL. imp

Which I was amazed (and delighted) that you recalled it. It came originally from a Ranchero forum I was heavily in to, owned by a retired Navy Admiral, believe it or not, who was still commanding his "ship"! imp

Not too long ago, but maybe by chance. I thought the ignition key cylinder was broken, discovered by accident 1996 F-150 bought used, key removable from cylinder in OFF position, just as you say, turn it without key to ON and START. I didn't think Ford offered such an option, maybe they did...

Not sure, but I believe that little guy is taking Pepto for acid stomach! imp

Anyone remember when ignition keys especially were so simple, the switch accessible if it went bad, mounted low in the dashboard? Some were located on the left side of the steering column! Only one set of teeth on a key. And fuses? Think my '65 had about 4, plus one or two circuit breakers. My...

Learn every day! This start/stop business has me really wondering. Seems like an awful lot of "what-ifs" can be voiced. Like, what if traffic demands a very quick response, a engine-start just don't hack it? imp

There are 3 of us then? imp

@jrichker Well, you whetted my interest. I just found this: Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone Displacement: 3,347.9 in3 (54.86 L) R-3350-32W : 3,700 shp (2,760 kW) Comes to 1.1 HP/Cu In. I suppose the source is wrong though, yes? So, I simply admit I was wrong; no 2 HP per Cu. In. imp

@jrichker "I worked on piston engine aircraft for 12 years, 8 for the US Air Force and 4 years civilian general aviation. None of those piston engines even made 1 HP per cubic much less 2 HP per cubic inch. If you can show me a production engine that did make 2 HP per cubic inch, I'll burn my...

@madmike1157 How amazingly astute is your post! I almost fell out of my chair. I absolutely applaud your knowledge of the subject, and your ability to recite it in words understandable even to me. If only our country had folks like you running it....... Thank you many times over for taking the...

@Bullitt347 2 HP/CU IN was only attainable in the aircraft arena, 50 or so years ago. The Stop/Start feature you mention I have no clue about. Care to help me there? imp

A breath of fresh air, from someone "in the know"! Thank you so much for this! I had thought no one noticed, or was even concerned about, Ford seemingly having flushed down the toilet, their immensely popular little cars. When I learned of the setup, I immediately began thinking up scenerios...

Ford has just about done something like that in the Focus and Fiesta, selling an "automatic" which is actually a plain old stick shift having computer-controlled clutch functions and clutch release requirements. This bastardization has topped the cake. Tops in customer complaints and tops in...