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Re: Pertronix, was: 73 MGB

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Subject: Re: Pertronix, was: 73 MGB
From: rickb@brodynet.com
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 21:29:00 +0000
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I have just installed a Lucas Sport coil with my 3 year-old Ignitor, 
and it is working fine.  No other modifications.

Rick Brodeur
'74 Midget daily driver



> Short answer: No problems.
> 
> Your note made me re-read the warning carefully. "The Ignitor is compatible
> with any "Point Type" after-market of OEM coil regardless of voltage
> output."
> 
> The paragraph with the phrase "40,000 volt coil" is an advertisement for
> _their_ high performance coil.
> 
> The only considerartion is whether the Lucas Sport coil has the minimum 1.5
> ohms of resistance across the the "+" and "-" poles that the Ignitor needs.
> I just checked with my multimeter and the Lucas Sport coil has 3 ohms of
> resistance across poles.
> 
> Thanks for the concern. Hope this helps,
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
> >Jeff,
> >But the instructions with the unit warned of using it with a 40,000 volt
> >coil, right?
> >Any problems?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Dave Houser
> 
> 
> Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
> Editor-in-Chief, Molecular Vision
> http://www.emory.edu/molvis
> "Seeing the Future in a Very Tiny Way"
> 
> 
> 
> 

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