[Healeys] Petronix Ignitor

[Kenny J]

Wish I had that info before I changed out my Pertronix and put in the original
points.  I was using a Lucus sports coil.   Kenny61 BT7
 > Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 09:02:43 +0800
> From: healey.nut at gmail.com
> To: JPayne at thorcon.net
> CC: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Petronix Ignitor
>
> 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
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