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So two things I need to find out to finish this install...
1. What is a good switched 12v power source for the red wire? One that is close by the distributor and coil? 2. I took my bosh coil off, to test ohms and only got .6, the instructions say i need 1.5 ohms so I think i need a new coil. what kind? Oil or epoxy, Is pertronix flamethrower coil the way to go? Thanks Ferg. |
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Not another one! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743 ![]() ![]() |
Coils are either internally or externally "ballasted". Either the resistance is in the coil itself (true for the typical "Bosch Blue", for example), or is an external resistor. If your coil only measures 0.6 ohms with no external wires attached, it's not internally ballasted. If it were, you would see 1.5 ohms or more across the side posts (probably something like 3 ohms). Since there's no internal ballast, there's probably an external one, either an actual resistor, or just a high-resistance wire. Either of these will be between the + post on the coil and whatever it connects to (eventually, it will reach the ignition switch, but it probably hits a fuse first, and may hit some internal connector first).
If there's no obvious box there (ballast resistors are large) connected to the coil, then it's probably in the wire itself. Try tracing that wire to it's other end, and measure the resistance across it. If there is very little resistance (that is, if the resistance in the wire/resistor and the coil both add up to less than 1.5ohms), then your ignition system has no ballast at all. If so, you'll either need to get an internally ballasted coil, or an external ballast resistor. If there IS enough resistance through that wire, then you need to hook up the Pertronix red wire to the far end (not the coil end) of that wire. |
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