bandito
New Member
Hello!
Listen to what I spent all my Christmas money on!
I bought a pertronix performance distributor for my P6
(2000 from 1970 with a 2200 SC engine) from the USA!
The ignitor is already built in and everything, the vacuum unit,
flyweights and springs are all brand spanking new.
Last Saturday afternoon I took the (perfectly well working)
Lucas distributor out and plugged the pertronix in. Not a problem.
I think I got the timing right and the engine started one time
and ran (really well, much more agressive and smoother than before)
for about 20 seconds. Then the engine stalled ...
I scratched my head and touched the ignition coil that was still
near boiling point.
A little while later I tried again. Got some spark from the coil to the distributor, but none at the plugs.
Coming back here and researching the question
of coils in a little more detail I learned, that the Lucas coil is fed by 10
volts only and produces a fine spark because of the smaller impedance
of 1.4 Ohms. Here is the snag: the pertronix piece needs a 3 ohm
unballasted coil to make a decent spark.
Ok, go and get one! The blue Bosch 12V 3 Ohm coil arrived today.
Just put it in and half heartedly tried the whole new setup with
12V ( rather 11.5V cause the battery is flagging after all the trials)
Now I wonder: Am I on the right track? Who can describe the proper
conversion from the original coil to a 3ohm coil and the electronic
ignition setup? Where do I get 12v to the coil from?
(And who has time on Saturday to try it all out?)
All the Best, ::
Listen to what I spent all my Christmas money on!
I bought a pertronix performance distributor for my P6
(2000 from 1970 with a 2200 SC engine) from the USA!
The ignitor is already built in and everything, the vacuum unit,
flyweights and springs are all brand spanking new.
Last Saturday afternoon I took the (perfectly well working)
Lucas distributor out and plugged the pertronix in. Not a problem.
I think I got the timing right and the engine started one time
and ran (really well, much more agressive and smoother than before)
for about 20 seconds. Then the engine stalled ...
I scratched my head and touched the ignition coil that was still
near boiling point.
A little while later I tried again. Got some spark from the coil to the distributor, but none at the plugs.
Coming back here and researching the question
of coils in a little more detail I learned, that the Lucas coil is fed by 10
volts only and produces a fine spark because of the smaller impedance
of 1.4 Ohms. Here is the snag: the pertronix piece needs a 3 ohm
unballasted coil to make a decent spark.
Ok, go and get one! The blue Bosch 12V 3 Ohm coil arrived today.
Just put it in and half heartedly tried the whole new setup with
12V ( rather 11.5V cause the battery is flagging after all the trials)
Now I wonder: Am I on the right track? Who can describe the proper
conversion from the original coil to a 3ohm coil and the electronic
ignition setup? Where do I get 12v to the coil from?
(And who has time on Saturday to try it all out?)
All the Best, ::