[Fot] Coil recommendation

[william r tobin]

Hi Chuck, I run a Pertronix brand distributor and have been told that a 0.6 
ohm coil is needed with that dist. No ballast needed.
It's been working fine for a couple years. I did have a coil fail last year 
but I think that falls under the crap happens thing. No further problems.
Is your charging system OK? Just wondering.
Good luck.
Bill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Arnold and/or Kathleen Kelley" <triosan at gmail.com>
To: "Friends" <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 12:36 AM
Subject: [Fot] Coil recommendation


>I have a Pertronix distributor in the TR6 race car with an Ignitor II
> electronics.  I do not have a ballast resistor.  This worked well in
> combination with a Crane CCD box.  I had some issues that lead me to 
> believe
> the Crane was not working properly so I removed it.  the coil is a Lucas 
> 1.5
> ohm liquid filled model.  I ran a couple of sessions last year with no
> problems, then had the distributor move to way to advance during a run 
> [nut
> that held it not tight].  Next session I burned a valve -- this was all
> early ast year.  I finally got the car back on the track Friday.  The 
> first
> session I had the ignition way too retarded so it had a mid-range stumble
> and did not everr make good revs.  Abut 15 minutes into the session the 
> car
> died.   After aflat toe, I did a lot of looking, determined the fuel 
> system
> was fine and the ignition was too retarded.  Fixed that befre the next
> session.  In that session the car ran really strong -- for two laps and 
> then
> it died.  Now I knew it was an ignition issue, so the first thing I did
> after the flat tow back was to check the coil.  It was not functioning so 
> I
> replaced it [not thinking as to why it died, or at that point checking how
> hot it was].  Next session with the new [old] coil had the same results.
> This time I checked the coil and it was way ho.  I obviously should have 
> had
> a ballast in this system.  All of this happened at Portland.  Car died in
> the same place each time -- just coming onto the strraight out of the
> chicane.  Alsways had enough power left to coast up the berm and behind 
> the
> wall so as to not hold up the sessions.  The tow guys kidded that after 3
> tows in a day they owned the car.
>
> So now I am ready get a new coil.  Does anyone have experience with an
> Ignitor II and if so, have you run it with a 3 ohm coil and no ballast? 
> Am
> thinking of getting the 60000 volt Pertronix non-liquid filled coil, but 
> no
> sure what works best and am looking for advice.  I have asked Pertronix 
> tech
> support also, but will not get there answer for a  couple of days.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -- 
> Chuck Arnold
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