[Healeys] Hi Voltage Coil

[Kees Oudesluijs]

Tom,

Be safe and use 3 Ohms for a single coil or 1,5 Ohms for a coil plus 1,5 
Ohms for the ballast resistor. On my car I have disabled the shorting of 
the ballast resistor during cranking and it starts without fail within 
one turn of the crank.

Cheers,

Kees Oudesluijs


Op 18-4-2023 om 01:48 schreef Tom Felts:
> Thanks Kees.  The 1.5ohm is for V8's.  3 ohm for 6 and 4's. That was 
> my concern with using the 1.5 for the Healey 6.
>
> Tom
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kees Oudesluijs via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Sent: Mon, 17 Apr 2023 13:47:57 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Hi Voltage Coil
>
> The Pertronix ignition (and many other electronic ignition
> systems)  usually needs a resistance of 3 Ohm. A lower resistance
> may lead to failure of the Pertronix. A 1,5 Ohm coil should be
> used together with a 1,5 Ohm ballast resistor. If you use a 3 Ohm
> coil you will not need the ballast resistor.
>
>
> Kees Oudesluijs
>
> Op 17-4-2023 om 16:30 schreef Tom Felts
> via Healeys:
>
>     For those who use Pertronix AND a 40K coil, have you ever
>     used a 1.5 ohm coil in your Healey?  Reason for asking---I
>     believe my coil to be going bad, so will replace it.  I have a
>     Pertronix 1.5ohm coil.  it states that 6 cylinder engines need
>     to use the 3 ohm coil--unless you are in a racing mode.  just
>     wondering if any of you use the 1.5, and if so any
>     problems----i.e., what is the downside of using the 1.5?
>
>     thanks
>     Tom
>
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