[Healeys] Petronix Ignitor

[Bob Spidell]

re: "... If you have a 4 cyl motor, you have to get a 3 ohm coil to go with the Pertronix. "

Soooooo ... the 4-cyl coils are different than the 6-cyl?

I've run Pertronix with a stock (6-cyl) coil for years.

Bob


On 10/3/2011 6:02 PM, Alan Seigrist wrote:
> Jonas -
>
> Probably most of the people getting the low speed miss are not using a
> ballasted coil.  If you have a 4 cyl motor, you have to get a 3 ohm coil to
> go with the Pertronix.  Simply swapping out the points is not enough.  If
> not, the EI unit will overheat at idle and start misfiring.  If you have a
> high energy coil like a Lucas Sports coil, the problem will only be worse.
>   For whatever reason, Pertronix does not do a very good job of telling
> people that if they buy the original Ignitor module, they need 3 ohms of
> ballast in the coil.
>
> If you buy an Ignitor II module, then a low resistance coil will work fine.
>
> http://www.pertronix.com/prod/ig/flame/coils/40000_volt.aspx
>
> Regards,
>
> Alan
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 12:56 AM, Jonas Payne<JPayne at thorcon.net>  wrote:
>
>> It would appear that my Petronix Ignitor isn't working so hot.  Oddly
>> enough, a good friend who just installed on in his Lotus Esprit is
>> suffering from a low RPM miss.
>>
>> Looking on the Morgan, Jag, Triumph and Healey Lists, there has been a
>> lot of discussion about a "bad run" of these things, but I don't see any
>> hard data.
>>
>> Does anybody know:
>>
>>         If in fact the "bad run" has been acknowledged by Petronix?
>>         Is there any way to identify them?
>>         What is (are) the specific performance issue(s)?
>>
>>
>> Jonas Payne
>> PBR
>> Cell:   (702) 358-5084
>>


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