<div dir="auto">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.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 28, 2020, 3:31 PM dave <<a href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com">dave@ranteer.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_1803016003501690194WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Absolutely 3.0 ohms.  The 1.5 ohms is for the cars that have a ballast resister built in<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Pertronix makes a flame thrower coil which is excellent.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Triumphs <<a href="mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Roger Elliott<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 28, 2020 4:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">triumphs@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] Pertronix Question<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p>The instruction sheet I found has this:<u></u><u></u></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Q. What type of coil do I need?</span><br><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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</span> <u></u><u></u></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">So, it sounds like the 3.0 Ohm.<br><br></span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Link to instrucations: <a href="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0247/6913/4628/files/LU-142A.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0247/6913/4628/files/LU-142A.pdf</a><br><br></span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Roger<br><br></span><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On 12/28/2020 3:58 PM, Jim Henningsen wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><pre>Anyone know if we should be using a 1.5 ohm or 3.0 ohm flame thrower coil<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>with the LU-142A pertronix ignitor?  1967 Triumph TR4A.<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>Thanks,<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>Jim Henningsen<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>** <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> **<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><u></u><u></u></pre><pre>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs</a>  <a href="http://www.team.net/archive" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://www.team.net/archive</a><u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/elliottr@rmi.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/elliottr@rmi.net</a><u></u><u></u></pre></blockquote></div></div>** <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> **<br>
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