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dookdart

Post subject: Petronix ignition??

PostPosted: Sun May 30, 2010 8:31 am

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I have a S6 car that has an electronic ignition. Its not the MP one, I'm assuming its a Petronix one. There is no eletronic ignition box, everything is under the cap. The coil is a pretronix unit. 1.5 ohms. "Flamethrower".

Question: I swapped out coils for an OEM one as a test. Stock was 2.8 ohm. The thing barely started, and ran like crap.

Threw the flamethrower on there...it ran perfect again.

Is the petronix unit THAT sensitive??

Mike

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PostPosted: Sun May 30, 2010 11:38 am

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Were you also using the ballast resistor with the stock coil? Is the Pertronix +wire connected directly to the coil or is it upstream of the ballast resistor so it gets a full 12V?

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