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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