[Healeys] Petronix Ignitor

Oudesluys coudesluijs at chello.nl
Tue Oct 4 12:12:02 MDT 2011


The resistance over the coil or coil and ballast resistor should NOT be 
less than 1 Ohm.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL


Op 4-10-2011 16:14, Alan Seigrist schreef:
> 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
>>>> Cell:   (702) 358-5084
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