Re: coil questions

Posted by Mike On 2012/3/15 12:26:10

Don't know how i missed this topic, as we had a lively one related to pertronix/coils last year or so.

1) use the OHM coil they recommend (1.5 for 8 cylinders)(the flamethrower is a decent coil, use it if you can spend the $) Some say ohm doesn't matter, but pertronix seems to think it does.

2) wire as they say, no resistors, no resistor wires. If it's a 6v setup they want it to get 6v, if it's a 12v setup they want it to get 12v. The coil is much less picky about voltage than the unit is.

3) do NOT use solid core wires. They say not to, and they're right. My pertronix was awesome until i put solid wires on...it was ok for a bit then i got weak starting spark and rough idle and then i swapped wires and it was a little better, but was already messed up. I wanted the look of the solid wires, so i just switched back to points.

Good luck and i hope it's an improvement for you!