Everyone who bought one will tell you: no-brainer to install, no points to
set, hotter spark, longer plug life.
The Gary Boone EI dizzy rocks!
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Pete - (O o) -
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Lake Forest Park, WA
1966 Datsun 1600 (SPL311-00799)
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Stephen Wan
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 8:40 AM
To: oliver; Roadster datsun roadster mailist
Subject: Re: ignition coil
It's not the coil that reqiures the ballast resistor, it's the points in the
distibutor that triggers the coil. Running at 12 volts constantly would burn
out the points over time. Therefore the ballast resistor is bypasssed
during cranking, but the reduces the voltage to 6V while running. The only
way to run a full 12V is to switch to an electronic ignition with a magnetic
or optical trigger ala Gary Boone's distibutor, petronix, crane xr700 or
3000, mallory, or ther points-to-electronic conversion kits. Gary Boone's
is probably plug and play with minimal wiring involved. The others require
taking your distributor apart and changeing internal parts.
Steve
70' 1600
----- Original Message -----
From: oliver
To: Roadster datsun roadster mailist
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 9:00 PM
Subject: ignition coil
my question - there is a resisitor/ballast, which from what i understand
lowers the voltage? to the ignition coil. can you get a "better" ignition
coil, which then won't require the resistor/ballast? how does this affect
the distributor, the spark plugs, etc, all the stuff that follows?
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