[TR] Ballast resistors and Electronic ignition

Wayne Lee motorcarriage at charter.net
Wed Nov 7 13:15:10 MST 2007


I put a Pertronix Coil on my Silver Cloud when I put the Pertronix module 
in. That was
a 1.5 Ohm unit. They recommend a 3.0 ohm for all 4 cylinder and most 6 
cylinder applications.
I modified my Pertronix Coil when installing it though. I peeled the "Made 
in China " sticker off.
 Cheers,
Wayne Lee
Douglas,MA
58 TR3
64 TR4
75 TR6


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <pethier at comcast.net>
To: "Eric Butschek" <ebutschek at austin.rr.com>; "Randall" 
<tr3driver at ca.rr.com>; <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] Ballast resistors and Electronic ignition


> From: "Eric Butschek" <ebutschek at austin.rr.com>
>
>> I do agree that the coils probably should be matched to the system,
>
> That's why I got a new Pertronix coil to go with my Pertronix ignition.
>
> --
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> 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban,
> 1994 Miata C package
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