Re: No spark to coil

Posted by JWL On 2011/8/10 21:45:58

Fred, Your points in your posting are well taken.

My point was not that it was a Studebaker story, but a story involving a Studebaker. It could have been any marque.

Your point about 6-volt systems not being "hotter" than 12-volt systems is a good one, that is until the introduction of high energy ignition systems much later. It could have been a 6-volt or 12-volt system on that car. It would not have mattered.

My point was that the engine's performance was greatly impaired due to the excessive resistance in the ignition system, and when some of those items were removed the performance enhancement was most notable.

I question your statement that Packard and other systems routinely had a resistor rotor, TVRS spark plug wires and resistor spark plugs, and functioned properly. Only one resistor in the system would be sufficient to reduce TV and radio interference.

Do you know when TVRS (televison radio resistance suppression) high tension wires were made mandatory? I think it was around 1955.

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