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Re: Lucas Sport Coil on 1980 MGB

To: "Carl Elliott" <grunt2@adelphia.net>, "Steve Shoyer" <steve@shoyer.com>
Subject: Re: Lucas Sport Coil on 1980 MGB
From: "teds" <teds@accessone.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 12:28:18 -0800
who told you that ? it works fine for EI's, I used it with a pertronix and a
MSD system. just remove the ballast resistor and the ballast wire. make sure
you get 12+- volts at the + terminal with the ignition on, not 8 or 9, which
would indicate a resistor in there.

ted stowe
-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Elliott <grunt2@adelphia.net>
To: Steve Shoyer <steve@shoyer.com>
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, January 24, 1999 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: Lucas Sport Coil on 1980 MGB


>The Lucas Sport coil is for Points, Not Electronic Ignitions.
>Made the mistake and now have a brand new coil I don't need,Carl E.
>
>Steve Shoyer wrote:
>
>> Before buying and installing a Lucas sports coil, I want to make sure
that
>> I know what I need to do to get it to work.  If I understand the
directions
>> on Skye's web page, I need to:
>>
>> 1) Swap the coils
>> 2) Run a (white) wire to the + terminal on the new coil
>> 3) Open the spark plug gap
>>
>> Has anyone done this conversion and have any specifics to offer?  I'm
>> wondering about the size (diameter) for the new white wire, where it
>> connects, how wide to open the spark plugs, and anything else that might
be
>> important.  Did the new coil make much of a difference?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> --Steve (1980 MGB)
>
>


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