[TR] coil questions

[Randall]

> I would never discard a coil just because of age -- I have had too many
> new ones fail quickly and too many old ones that never die.

Indeed, the only time I've been left on the side of the road by a bad coil,
it was a "Lucas Sports" that was less than a year old.  It's predecessor was
over 50 years old when it failed, but in such a manner that I was able to
finish driving the car to VTR 2009 (where I bought the Lucas Sports from an
event vendor and installed it in the parking lot).

> Not sure why you want to delete the ballast arrangement but if you do and
> want to use the coil the same for starting and running then you still need
> a resistor or, as you say, a change to a 3Ω coil.

I agree with all that Geo said, except for the one oddity that, if you buy a
new Pertronix "Flamethrower" coil; Pertronix recommends the 1.5 ohm version
be used without a ballast for V8 applications (like the Stag) with points.
I'm not sure why that is, but it seemed to work OK for me (tho I only drove
perhaps 10,000 miles before the car was sidelined for other reasons).
https://goo.gl/DjsYKj
http://www.pertronix.com/prod/ig/flame/coils/chart.aspx


-- Randall 
56 TR3 TS13571L - now awaiting engine rebuild
71 Stag LE1473 - awaiting engine rebuild
71-2-3 Stag - awaiting gearbox rebuild