In Dan Master's book, he says you have to increase the
spark plug gap to take advantage of a hotter coil.
He recommends a starting point of .035 I believe, but
suggests referring to manufacturer documentation. I
have a new Lucas sport coil I've been considering
putting on, but have no documentation for it.
Has anyone experimented with different plugs & plug
gaps with the Lucas Sport Coil (on an otherwise stock
engine)?
William
'74 TR6
--- Sally or Dick Taylor <tr6taylor@webtv.net> wrote:
> Lionel---Turn on the ignition key and connect a
> voltmeter to ground and
> the wire at the coil + side. If you don't have a
> 'meter but do have a
> test light, note that the test light will be very
> bright when connecting
> to both battery terminals, but not so bright if you
> happen to have only
> six volts at the coil + . There are other ways to
> determine if the wire
> to the coil has ballast resistance, but the above is
> quick and easy.
>
> I have changed so many things in my wiring I no
> longer remember if the
> original wiring had ballast resistance. (I know it
> doesn't now)
>
> You should be able to tell visually if the intensity
> of the spark
> (length and color)
> leaving the spark plug wires is hotter after
> installing the Sport Coil.
> Don't expect much in the way of performance gains
> under stock engine
> conditions.
>
> Dick
> '73
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