Posted by james rumph on July 30, 2008 at 16:29:32 from (24.192.125.175):
In Reply to: Another Coil Question posted by SuperA-Tx on July 30, 2008 at 15:45:14:
If you buy a "tractor" coil the balest resister is built into the coil. That is why you never see external resisters from the factory.
The factory coil was only 25,000 volts.
When you add a high voltage coil [ automotive] the balest resister is "not" built in . You can run with out it but the coil will get very hot. If you happen to pull the ign switch on and not start it, it will start burning parts up [ points , cond ]
I learned this the hard way !!!!
I use a MSD blaster 2 coil with a balest resister i bought at the auto parts store. Just make sure it is for a 12 volt system [car] and you will be fine.
I got one for a Dodge, all older Mopars used them.
All it does is drop the votage from the coil to the dist.
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