Back in the day, there were that many things on the market that were supposed to improve performance, our cars should have been record breakers. The upshot of it was that most of them didn't make a blind bit of difference. There was and still is nothing better than a well tuned engine with the right fuel. Unfortunately with the crap we have to put into our cars and pay silly money for, we are up against it to wring any streetable performance out of our engines. This is why the efforts of Ted with his EMC project is so significant.

Here in Oz we are paying up to $7.20 a gallon (Imperial) for 98 octane fuel and about $6.30 for 91 octane. You are also lucky to get anything like the life we used to get out of spark plugs.

My 292 in my Mainline used to get about 22 mpg before we went unleaded. Nowadays i am struggling to get 15 mpg no matter how i drive it. Traffic conditions have changed significantly also during this time.

The soapbox is getting shaky!

Regards

Rick - West Australia
Do Y Blocks Downunder run upside down? Gravity Sucks!!

I think the guys are probably right about that being a radio noise suppressor.  What your picture shows doesn't look anything like the so called "spark booster" I purchased back in 1963.  That was about the same time I bought the "fire injectors" to replace standard spark plugs and were guaranteed to give you 10 more horsepower     

buddy

If my memory serves me right, back in 1963 I purchased a device like you have from the J. C. Whitney & Company.  I think it was advertised as a spark booster or voltage amplifier.

buddy

Back in the dark ages when we used solid copper core ignition leads, if you didn't use one of those suuppressors you would not be able to listen to the radio. Nowadays with the newer spiral wound suppression leads and better quality radios, the suppressor has become redundant. Geez back in the day we used to put that many condensers on connections it is a wonder we never electrocuted ourselves.

Regards

Rick - West Australia
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Hi Kevin,

Thanks if only had i asked this question a week ago.Thanks

Mario

It's an aftermarket radio interfearance supressor, Never seen one work. Replace it with a new wire before it burns up and leaves you stuck

Hi,

 I wanted to post a jpeg but for some reason I'm unable to. I have a coil wire on my 1957 dizzy, the coil wire has be cut and a plastic cylindrical piece which has a self taping screw on each end has been connectedbeteeen the two cut pieces of the coil wire.

I was thinking it might be a resistor of some type? currently there is a ballast resistor mounted on the firewall too. I wasn't sure exactly what this part is and I know it would be helpful to post a pic but i CAN'T

Any thought as to what it might be would be appreciated.

Thanks