Kinderlehrer's wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I installed an Ignitor Electronic ignition after hearing all the comments
> on this list - went in easy, no problems (if you remember to reconnect the
> battery), runs great.
>
> Then I saw the half off sale on the Lucas Sport Coil from Moss, and since I
>was
> ordering some other half off stuff, I figured why not replace what looks
> like the original (1961) coil.
>
> Did all that, then for some reason I was looking at the directions for the
> ignitor, and it said in BOLD: Do not use an HEI Coil. What is an HEI
> coil? I couldn't find any indication on the Lucas Sport Coil that it is an
> HEI. Do I run the risk of burning out the electronic ignition with this
> coil?
>
> TIA,
>
> Bob
I believe you do. "HEI" stands for "high emission ignition," or
something like that, and denotes a coil above 20K volts in output, or a
sport coil, basically. Sorry.
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Martin Secrest
73 GT6
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