Classic/Antique Car Repair: Ford Flathead ignition system, stroke engine, pulse train

Question

1936 Ford three window Hi, thanks in advance for your help.  I want to add a Westach Tachometer to my 1936 Ford with the stock engine that came with the car.  I know the distributor has 2 sets of points but it has only one coil.  The Westach tachs read the pulse train and don't need a power connection.  In order to get the right tach for this I need to know how many pulses come off the distributor for each revolution of the engine.  I hope you can answer this and explain how the coil and the two sets of points interact.  thanks,  Dave

Answer
Since this is a 4 stroke engine, only 4 cylinders fire for each revolution of the engine.  This is true of any 8 cylinder 4 stroke engine.  The points both operate the same coil - in other words they are connected in parallel, sharing the load for added life of the contacts.

Dick