well, what i did was went out and bought a 12volt coil and took the
ballast resistor out of the circuit all together. this will give you
a stronger spark and a little more power and cleaner burning.
---Jay Heaman <jheaman@woodstockpuc.on.ca> wrote:
>
>
> Just a question on the ignition circuit. I've recently replaced the
> distributor, wires etc, and cleaned up some of the grounding circuits.
> Everything has been fine for the past couple of weeks. I ended up
finding
> another issue (this was spooky considering all the group discussion
on fire
> ext.) The ballast resistor started overheating and eventually
smoking when
> the ignition was turned on. Other than replace the clutch master
last night,
> I did nothing else to the car. Does this indicate a short in the
coil? I
> have a strong electrical background, but not much experience with
this type
> of wiring.
> Anyway, before killing too much time tracing this out ( it was
midnight by
> the time I found this problem) I thought the group might have a
quick
> "been there, done that" for me.
> Best Regards,
> Jay Heaman
> '71 Spitfire
>
>
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