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Re: Coils

To: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@ibm.net>
Subject: Re: Coils
From: "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson@thicko.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1998 19:02:05 -0500
Cc: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
Organization: Team Thicko
References: <352E001C.14BF@ibm.net>
Reply-to: "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson@thicko.com>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
Geoff Healey held a standard coil in one hand and a Lucas Sports coil in
his other and asked me if I knew the difference?

No?

About $30 he said.

WST

Chuck Ciaffone wrote:

> Sorry if I am starting up a recent thread, but ...
>
> I just pulled the original coil from my 72 1275. I'm just
> sitting here starting at it, and wondering if replacing
> it is a good idea. Don't get mw wrong, Junior is running
> nicely right now. I just feel(!) that maybe the spark could
> be a little hotter.
>
> Looking thru old Moss and VB catalogs tells me that:
>
> A Lucas Sport coil is rated at 40,000 volts
> A Bosch Blue coil is rated at about 26,000 volts
>
> Silly question, I know, but is that a good reason to pick
> a Lucas over a Bosch?  I mean, Brits don't drink warm beer
> because of Bosch refrigerators, now do they?
>
> Further, will either really be a noticable improvement over
> a stock coil (or, for that matter, over the original that's
> in there now)?
>
> Just wanted to know ...
>
> chuck
>
> --
> =====================================================
>
> chuck ciaffone chuckc@ibm.net





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