Some coils have an internal resistor like the Pertronix Flamethrower.
I've been using one of these on my 1600 without an external resistor for
going on 9 years now and haven't torched anything yet.
I dug around on the Pertronix website and found a troubleshooting
section to determine if your coil needs an external resistor.
http://www.pertronix.com/support/tips/default.aspx
Paul Bauman
Westminster, CA
67 1600
On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 19:56 -0800, Daryl Smith wrote:
You have me confused. If you are running points or a pertronix unit,
you
> NEED a ballast resistor. Without it you will prematurely burn out the
> points/pertronix.
>
> If you have an electronic dizzy, then you should upgrade to a 12V coil
(your
> MSD) so you don't burn out the stock coil without the ballast
resistor.
> I believe you can run the stock coil and ballast resistor with the EI
dizzy,
> but you'll get a much better spark, and your car will run better with
a 12V
> coil.
>
> Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> Cheers
> Daryl
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