[DML] Re: The Mask (Final ignition analysis for now)

["Jim Reeve" <jim.reeve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rich, I couldn't answer why, but I can tell you my personal 
experience.

When I put a high voltage coil on my car with new complimentary 
ballast resistors, my car ran like crap.  Some of you who were at 
Memphis the day of the car show may remember one car shooting out a 
horrendous gunshot-like backfire.  Well that was my car when I was 
playing around with another high voltage coil thinking my first one 
was bad.  Engine wouldn't rev worth crap.

Then today I'm with Bruce Benson working on Kris Kurth's car.  We 
get a few things figured out, but the engine was still running very 
rough.  Remembering how my car ran with that same coil on, I removed 
my stock coil/resistors and installed them on his car. After that 
the engine ran sooooo much better.  I can't explain it, Bruce 
thought it might have been cross-firing within the distributor from 
the very high voltage.

I just figure I'll keep with my original coil until it dies.

Jim Reeve
MNDMC - Minnesota DeLorean Club
DMC-6960

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx> wrote:
> What gives? Why doesn't my car accept any other coil? This is my
> 5th new one. The others were Accel and some no-name brand but this
> one is a Bosch 18k volt coil. A minor upgrade compared to the MSD's
> and Pertronix some of you guys are running.
> 
> One thing's sure: I haven't fixed this problem, only masked it.
> 
> Rich A.
> #5335




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