Computer assisted engines and vulnerability to an electromagnetic pulse

[Nefarious]

Question: Lets say there's a limited nuclear war, as in not everything is completely

destroyed. Would cars with computer assisted engines be inoperable

due to the huge electromagnetic pulses that are released from nuclear explosions? Just wondering.

[Javelin Guy]

In Reply to: Computer assisted engines and vulnerability to an electromagnetic pulse posted by Nefarious on March 20, 2000 at 03:38:04:


: Question: Lets say there's a limited nuclear war, as in not everything is completely

: destroyed. Would cars with computer assisted engines be inoperable

: due to the huge electromagnetic pulses that are released from nuclear explosions? Just wondering.

All electronics would be effected, some being burned out, and some just temporarily disabled. This includes starter motors, distributor points, magnetos, coils, Engine control modules, air flow meters, and maybe even spark plug wires.

an E.M.P. field would definately mess up the hard programing in the car's engine control module (kinda like the CMOS in your computer).

I've always assumed all the cars in MM2 were from rural areas, far enough away from ground zero to be only minimally effected.