[TR] coil questions

[Dave Hogye]

I always count on Advanced Distributors and Jeff prefers Bosch coils.  Please consider visiting his website.  The testimonials are impressive.  His distributor rebuilds could not be better.  His work is flawless.  His rebuilds are better than anything you could buy new.  When he recommended a Bosch blue coil, that's what I went with.  The ohm rating is important and Jeff can advise about using a ballast resistor or not.  I don't use one.  

Dave H.

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On Apr 5, 2017, at 4:12 AM, Randall <TR3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:

>> 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 
> 
> 
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