[Healeys] Lucas Sports Coil

[Bob Spidell]

Don't ballasted systems require two primary circuits; i.e. one for 
starting (non-ballasted) and one for running (ballasted)? The 
distributor won't care, as it switches the primary circuit--12V or 
otherwise--to ground.

AFAIK, Sports Coils are not ballasted, and work with std. Healey 
ignition circuits. The nominal resistance for Healey-suitable coils is 
just over 1 ohm (i.e. only slight internal resistance). Neither our BN2 
or BJ8 has ballasted systems.

I could be wrong (but this should start an interesting thread ;)


Bob


PG wrote:
> Does anybody know if the Lucas Sports Coil is internally ballasted or
> resisted?
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> I'm installing a Unilite distributor and already have a sports coil..I don't
> know if I have to add a ballast resistor or not.
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> Any help is appreciated.
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> Thanks
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> Paul
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