[TR] Pertronix Question

[Sujit Roy]

I have a V8 stag. I did away with the ballast and bought the 3 ohm
Pertronix coil. Only after reading the material. It says use a 1.5 without
ballast . 3.0 is not recommended for v8.

On Mon, Dec 28, 2020, 3:31 PM dave <dave at ranteer.com> wrote:

> Absolutely 3.0 ohms.  The 1.5 ohms is for the cars that have a ballast
> resister built in
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> Pertronix makes a flame thrower coil which is excellent.
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> Also, btw, Pertronix tech support is really wonderful.  I had ordered the
> wrong part on an igniter set which previously had failed but out of
> warranty.  I called tech support and they sent me the correct part free!
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> *From:* Triumphs <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *Roger
> Elliott
> *Sent:* Monday, December 28, 2020 4:43 PM
> *To:* triumphs at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [TR] Pertronix Question
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> The instruction sheet I found has this:
>
> Q. What type of coil do I need?
> A. The ignitor is compatible only with a “points type” coil. Eight
> cylinder engines require a minimum of 1.5 Ohms of resistance in the primary
> circuit. Four & six cylinder engines require a minimum of 3.0 Ohms of
> primary resistance
>
> So, it sounds like the 3.0 Ohm.
>
> Link to instrucations:
> https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0247/6913/4628/files/LU-142A.pdf
>
> Roger
>
> On 12/28/2020 3:58 PM, Jim Henningsen wrote:
>
> Anyone know if we should be using a 1.5 ohm or 3.0 ohm flame thrower coil
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> with the LU-142A pertronix ignitor?  1967 Triumph TR4A.
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> Thanks,
>
> Jim Henningsen
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