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> From: Jeff Nathanson <jeffn@msystech.com>
> To: DANMAS@aol.com
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Sports coil/The Gathering
> Date: Tuesday, April 22, 1997 9:42 PM
>
> Well, I'm real confused now. For a '72 TR6, do I remove the wire or
> add another wire? And where is this resistor. It doesn't seem to be
> noted on my Bentley's. The (D)PO painted all the wires black at the fuse
> box, so is there another way to find the "white wire". What should I gap
> the plugs?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff N.
>
> At 10:06 PM 4/21/97 -0400, you wrote:
> >In a message dated 97-04-21, Bill Wood wrote:
> >
> ><< To all those who have fitted a Lucus Sports Coil, what is involved in
> > fitting the +12 v wire to the coil? I fitted the Sports Coil in 1989
> > and just last week learned from this list that I am now running a
> > ballast in the wiring harness and in the coil! Surprisingly, the car
> > has run just great for all these years. >>
> >
> >Bill:
> >
> >There has been a lot of learning going on since this thread was first
> >started! The Lucas sports coil is rated, if I am not mistaken, at 40,000
> >volts output, compared to about 20,000 for the stock coil. With the
ballast
> >resister, though, you are only getting approximately 20,000 volts, the
same
> >as your stocker. Thus, the car runs as it always did, which was pretty
good.
> >In other words, you are not getting the extra power you paid for! (I am
only
> >guessing at the actual output voltage, but it will be considerably less
than
> >the 40,000 volts).
> >
> >If it runs OK, I wouldn't change anything (there is definately no harm
being
> >done). However, if you would like to have the extra spark you paid for,
just
> >add an additional wire, connecting the + lead of the coil to the white
wire
> >at the fuse box, while leaving the wires that are already there in
place.
> >Keep in mind that the spark plugs will need to be gapped for what ever
> >voltage you wind up actually using. The gap is wider for the higher
voltage.
> >
> >I guess this just goes to show that for normal street driving, things
are not
> >as critical as we might think.
> >
> >Dan Masters,
> >Alcoa, TN
> >
> >
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