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Posted by: 1.8914 Jan 12 2008, 11:35 PM

Hey guys...
OK so I have a 2.0 with Unilite that was turning over but no spark. Narrowed it down the the coil. It was running for a couple of years with a Bosch blue coil WITHOUT internal resistor and no external ballast resistor. Bought a test coil at FLAPS WITH internal resistor and it fired right up. I'm going to buy a real coil before driving it too much so I want to know for sure which to get.

Here are my options as I understand them

1) Coil w/ internal resistor
2) Coil w/o internal resistor (and use an external ballast resistor?)

Thanks!

Posted by: Jake Raby Jan 12 2008, 11:43 PM

You are correct.. The real Bosch Blue has the internal resistor needed for the Uni-Lite.

Posted by: 1.8914 Jan 13 2008, 12:12 AM

Thanks Jake...I was hopeing you would respond. Is this what you recommend or is there something better for a few more $? Do you sell them? BTW I think the Unilite was purchased from you by the PO.

Posted by: KaptKaos Jan 13 2008, 01:29 AM

I have one of those too. It's my understanding that there are different versions of the bosch blue coil. How do I make sure that the one that I have has the internal resistor?

Posted by: porsche914gt Jan 13 2008, 04:25 AM

I looked at this page when I bought my new coil for my Mallory
http://www.ratwell.com/technical/BlueCoil.html

Posted by: Vacca Rabite Jan 13 2008, 11:59 AM

Huh. When I got my engine, it had an external resistor from the coil to the mallory. Now I am fighting the urge to run out and see which "blue coil" I have. Staying focused when working from home can be rough...

Zach

Posted by: Gint Jan 13 2008, 05:03 PM

If you're reading this site, you're not "working".

Posted by: Vacca Rabite Jan 13 2008, 07:48 PM

Feh. I've been sitting in front of this infernal machine for well over 10 hours today, linked into the machine at my office, 45 miles away. I deserve a break every now and again.

I both love and hate Remote Desktop sometimes.

Zach

Posted by: Gint Jan 13 2008, 08:20 PM

I was doing it myself today. Waited for SAN storage from Friday afternoon, all day Saturday and the gomers finally got it done late Saturday night so I got to work 4+ hours today. And then spent another couple of hours screwin with 914world tech articles.

You can't even get in a good sick day anymore.