[DeTomaso] Coil wire sparking to a rubber heater hose!

[Dave]

But wait Mike.
You should be able to run a good coil wire past about anything???
Was the distributor end of the coil wire not making contact?
dave


On 3/28/2016 11:17 AM, Mike Drew via DeTomaso wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Lori's Pantera has a new Dan Jones/Dave McLain engine and it runs exceptionally well--above 2000 rpm. But between 1000 and 2000 rpm it stumbles and craps all over itself. Today I decided to troubleshoot it with Garry Choate. I thought it was an ignition issue and I was right. But who would have thought that it would be sparks jumping from the coil wire to a rubber hose!!!!???
>
> http://youtu.be/jjQijQ6Q0ms
>
> Above 2000 rpm the sparks flow through the wire. Below that, they arc to the hose instead, enough so that it killed the motor.
>
> Re crimping the wire and routing the hoses differently will fix it.
>
> Who woulda thunk it?
>
> Mike
>
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