Compatibility:
2004-2008 for Yamaha Raptor 50
Package Including
CDI BOX *1
What is CDI?
CDI stands for capacitor discharge ignition (alternatively, “capacitive.”) If you're new to capacitors, they're similar to batteries in that they can store energy for later. What sets them apart is their ability to release all that energy near instantaneously, which is ideal for an ignition circuit.
The basic CDI system is a trigger mechanism, coils, and a box, often black, with capacitors and other circuitry inside. The trigger tells the box to fire, the box determines when to fire which coil with the capacitors, and zap goes the spark plug, ad infinitum. In addition to dischargin' those capacitors, the box may also influence your rev limit, timing advance, and other variables related to spark, but that's it.