i have a question, well yeah!

okay so check it out.. if i have the pertronix flame thrower 2 coil, which has an internal resistor, and i switch over to the orange box with the electronic distributor, do i have to run a ballast resistor?

i'm sorry guys, i've been cracking my head trying to figure out a setup....

thanks

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70 Plymouth Valiant 4dr

That's part of the answer. The other part is how much?

Too little resistance will cause the orange box to overheat and burn out more quickly. I don't really know how close you need to be for things to be O.K., but I did run a standard ECU/coil without a balast resistor for about a year until the coil died, ECU is still going strong, but balast and new coil (stock) is now in place for several months.

I think you will be fine without, but I'm hardly an electrical expert.

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1980 Aspen 225 super six

Hey guys! wich type/brand of electronic ignition can you suggest me?

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Mopar Muscle is well defend by Slant Six!

Valiant Duster 1971

MSD 6 A

(cause I bought one)

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Lasse

Signet -66 225
Holley 600 Offy-5270 Dutra Dual,regrind. cam 272 0,420 110, head shaved 0.100 slight.ported
MSD6A
A904
7 1/4 3.23

OK I'll second that since I got a 6AL too, and then we'll cover for each other when the GM HEI squad attacks leading by.... SSD?

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Juan Ignacio Caino

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You need the GM HEI setup, it is much better than anything else in the whole world!
It is a nice setup anyway.
As is the msd
Or XXXXXXXXXXX
Or ZZZZZZZZZZZ
Or _____________

______________ is good for a stock daily driver.
XXXXXXXXXXX is better with a built engine and more rpm´s

I guess it is pretty much up to you...
I like the stock mopar electronic ignition.
Or HEI...

HEY, awright, nuttin wrong with the HEI. Just that if when you hit the bed you picture a part of your beloved mopar that came from the insides of a shivvy.... well, I prefer dreamin' of freddy krueger. C'mon, it's like alien: yoou *know* is gonna change your behavior and eat your guts to find his way out your turned-into-host body. ¡Yikes! no goodnight sleep for me tonight if I were on HEI.

There's HEI quitting clinics that give you MSDONE instead...

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Juan Ignacio Caino

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Just use a hei module from a non chevy then...
I have a module that was made by bosch...From an Opel.
Maybe the car will rust faster, but then again, I think Freddy is a nice guy too

By the way, the HEI quitting clinic is sponsored by Betty Ford and the Dodgers, among many other non gov organisations.

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Juan Ignacio Caino

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