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Re: Lucas Sport Coil on 1980 MGB

To: Steve Shoyer <steve@shoyer.com>
Subject: Re: Lucas Sport Coil on 1980 MGB
From: Carl Elliott <grunt2@adelphia.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 11:08:19 -0500
The Lucas Sport coil is for Points, Not Electronic Ignitions.
Made the mistake and now have a brand new coil I don't need,Carl E.

Steve Shoyer wrote:

> Before buying and installing a Lucas sports coil, I want to make sure that
> I know what I need to do to get it to work.  If I understand the directions
> on Skye's web page, I need to:
>
> 1) Swap the coils
> 2) Run a (white) wire to the + terminal on the new coil
> 3) Open the spark plug gap
>
> Has anyone done this conversion and have any specifics to offer?  I'm
> wondering about the size (diameter) for the new white wire, where it
> connects, how wide to open the spark plugs, and anything else that might be
> important.  Did the new coil make much of a difference?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --Steve (1980 MGB)


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