[DeTomaso] definition of insanity disproven

[Curt Hall]

Alright guys...lets be honest if this was a Woman and she gave you this much pain and heartache...well be honest what would you do? LOL
 
Its a good thing its a Pantera! I'm sure you will figure it out!

Good Luck
Curt  (I love a good Woman!)

 
--- On Sun, 12/19/10, Pantdino <pantdino at aol.com> wrote:


From: Pantdino <pantdino at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] definition of insanity disproven
To: bob at dodgecarroll.com, detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Sunday, December 19, 2010, 4:42 PM




My (limited) understanding is that high resistance in a coil has the same effect as the old ballast resistors-- they limit the amount of energy that goes thru the coil.
This decreases the intensity of the spark but makes life easier for whatever is driving the coil-- in the old days, points and condenser, or these days a capacitor in the ignition box.  

In looking at the Crane Cams website regarding their XR700 and related boxes, there is the comment that if the box gets really hot you have to change to a coil with a higher resistance or add a ballast resistor.

So it may be that the key to long life of an MSD box is to not push the limits of coil low resistance. This would mean the 0.7 Ohms coil would be a good choice.


HELP!! WE NEED A REAL ENGINEER TO CHIME IN!!

Jim



-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Radefeld <bob at dodgecarroll.com>
To: Detomaso Forum <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sun, Dec 19, 2010 4:13 pm
Subject: [DeTomaso] definition of insanity disproven


Chuck,
That coil to dizzy wire problem you spoke of that was 
emperature dependent is really strange. That had to be a 
eal bear to troubleshoot! I had that same wire on my car 
ecide it wanted to kiss my headers & short out one
vening just as I arrived at a local cruise-in but of course 
hat just resulted in a dead kitty. BTW Chris, when I 
nstalled my MSD-6AL & their dizzy over 5 years ago I 
idn't change out my OEM appearing coil. Maybe I just
ot lucky from what some of the other guys say about
atching a coil to an MSD setup?? The coil was on the
ar when I purchased it in 2000 and is still going strong
ith zero problems with it or the MSD box & dizzy ( knock
n wood).  :o))
Bob


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