HI-6RC:\u00a0 <\/b>This particular ignition system works for eight cylinder applications, and it\u2019s a budget friendly piece. It works by way of a multi-spark configuration and it comes equipped with an adjustable single stage rev limiter.\u00a0 The limiter can be set anywhere from 1000-9,000 RPM (100-RPM increments).\u00a0 Crane notes that each of the limiter settings is accurate to within 30 RPM. In addition, the rev limiter is a sequential design. That means the limit is \u201csoft\u201d — no banging or popping at high RPM when it reaches the limit.<\/p>\n When you wire the ignition box to the start button or switch, you\u2019ll get a timing retard.\u00a0 This setup provides for 20-degrees of timing retard when you hit the starter. Once the engine fires, then the ignition automatically reverts to full advance.\u00a0 Pretty cool.<\/p>\n That’s not the end of it either.\u00a0 The HI-6RC is capable of operating when the battery is low (not that uncommon in a drag car application, particularly in a total loss system).\u00a0 In terms of output there is no loss of power as long as the power source doesn\u2019t drop below 8 volts.\u00a0 And yes, it will operate on today\u2019s 16-volt batteries too. There\u2019s a red light on the end cap of the HI-6RC that tells you have a good power supply, and during cranking, it also flashes which indicates a good trigger signal.\u00a0 Current draw is 7 amps at 10,000 RPM (which, by the way is pretty small considering the output). Finally, when it comes to spark output, the multiple spark, CD box produces 1200 millijoules of spark energy. The CD voltage output to the coil is 450 volts.<\/p>\n HI-6DSR: <\/b>Lets say your car has a high compression ratio engine and\/or you\u2019re spraying it (Nitrous) or perhaps you have blown application (turbo or supercharger). \u00a0The box you\u2019ll likely need is Crane\u2019s HI-6DSR. Like the rest of Crane\u2019s digital ignition boxes, this is example is wrapped inside a black anodized, finned aluminum case and the internals are potted with urethane.\u00a0 It also works for four, six or eight cylinder applications.<\/p>\n Internally, it too is a digital multiple spark configurations and it can fire compression ratios up to 14.5:1.\u00a0 Externally, it features a precise rotary switches for RPM control, but here, the switches are designed so that maximum RPM along with stage RPM can be pre-set.\u00a0 Similar to the HI-6RC, the rev limiter uses a soft approach with no popping or banging when it reaches the set RPM. In addition, the box includes a built-in timing retard input.\u00a0 The HI-6DSR includes a special \u201cEasy Check System\u201d diagnostic system engineered to detect potential issues.\u00a0 A built in series of flashing codes lay out what the problem is. In addition, the system self-checks coil, ground, power supply, loose or broken wires and the ignition unit itself.<\/p>\n Finally, the Crane HI-6RC system can be triggered by a mag input.\u00a0 The HI-6DSR\u00a0 can be triggered by points, a magnetic pickup, triggered by a computer module or triggered by an optical distributor setup (shown in part one of the series).\u00a0 Next issue, we\u2019ll take a look at the coil you should run with these ignition boxes. We\u2019ll examine Crane\u2019s line of ignition wires.\u00a0 Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Part III of Wayne Scraba’s series on Crane Ignitions explores the digital ignition boxes.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":9177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3448,3465,11,9],"tags":[1453,1537,961,1539,1538,1463,321],"class_list":["post-9175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drag-race-101","category-drag-racing","category-how-tos","category-tech-tips","tag-crane-ignition","tag-digital-ignitions","tag-drag-race-101","tag-hi-6dsr","tag-hi-6rc","tag-ignition-boxes","tag-wayne-scraba"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Fire-16Feature.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-2nZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9175"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9183,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9175\/revisions\/9183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Most](\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Fire-18.jpg\")
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