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Re: Ignition

To: Steve Laifman <SLaifman@socal.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Ignition
From: CJ Richards <cjrichards@pacific.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 16:45:01 -0700
Simply hook your resistered (sic) power to your coil and run the 12 volt 
power to the Pertronix.

12v-----------------resister---------------(+side)COIL(-side)------black 
wire of pertronix
Pertronix-----------same side of resister

Chris in Arcata

Steve Laifman wrote:

>Scott,
>
>It will work fine with the points type resistor, and put out more 
>voltage with the resistor removed, BUT the Pertronix 2 has a great deal 
>more capability than the Pertonix I, which could only run the current 
>level of a points type with a resistor.  You can get more high voltage 
>from your stock coil with the resistor removed, but it will run 
>physically hotter, and may not be up to it.
>
>You can also buy a high energy coil, such as the Pertronix Flamethrower 
>2, and get 50,000 volts instead of 10,000.  Of course you may need a 
>high energy blue large cap to stop cross-fire.
>
>Steve
>
>Scott Hutchinson wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Here's technical question for everyone.  I just decided to toss my
>>points from the old autolite dual point and go with a pertronix
>>ignition.  Pertronix suggests running a straight 12v right to the coil
>>and bypassing the resistor.  I'm sure more than a few somebodys out
>>there have gone this route.  Right now I have the pertronix hooked up to
>>12v and the coil still going through the resistor, seems to run fine.
>>Does bypassing the resistor make a difference?  Should I just jump the
>>12v on the resistor right to the output to coil?  That way I could leave
>>the resistor block in place for originalities sake.  Why is there a
>>resistor to begin with?

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