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RE: Lucas Sport Coil (was: Early Wiper Arm Removal)

To: doddk@mossmotors.com (Dodd, Kelvin)
Subject: RE: Lucas Sport Coil (was: Early Wiper Arm Removal)
From: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 16:35:52 -0500 (EST)
Kelvin says:

>You can use the Lucas Sport Coil. But it 
>is set up for an unballasted system. You 
>will have to bypass the resistive wire that >feeds the original coil.
The B does not 
>use an external ballast resistor, it has a 
>resistive wire built into the wiring 
>harness. If you do not bypass this wire 
>the Sport Coil will only be getting about 
>half the voltage that it needs. You will 
>get a spark, but only about as strong as 
>that of the original coil.

And you won't fry the coil, like you would a normal coil without the
ballast resistor?  Why not?

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