[Healeys] Petronix Ignitor

[Alan Seigrist]

I think the 123 is fine either way.

On 10/4/11, Simon Lachlan <simon.lachlan at homecall.co.uk> wrote:
> Anyone know how much of the ballast resistor stuff is relevant/necessary to
> a 123 Ignition system. I have one of these fitted to my Mk II BT7 along with
> a Lucas "Sports" coil. (Is it called a "Sports"? It's green and purports be
> higher performance etcetc..)
> Simon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Kenny J
> Sent: 04 October 2011 12:18
> To: healey.nut at gmail.com; jpayne at thorcon.net
> Cc: Healeys Healeys
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Petronix Ignitor
>
> 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
>> > PBR
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