[FC] HOT COIL

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i see most coils run hot. i put a heat sink on the bottom of mine , plus a  
heat sink on the bottom of my ignition amp (OLD allison still works good). 
the  amp is mounted on the right side "air deflector" panel , and it ran 
warm. i  cut a chunk of transistor heat sink finned aluminum to fit the contour 
of  the raised area , and mounted it firmly with heat sink compound . i 
could take  pictures later , but am very tied up for the next few days. a small 
round chunk  is also on the bottom of a few of my coils now. 
 i have bent my "flaps" on the lower shrouds inside as closed as i  can. 
someday when / if i get time , i hope to make cover plates for both  sides  
seeing as i do not drive it in the winter , i feel those areas feed  un needed 
heat back to the motor. i have the factory plates on my 64 coupe  (factory 
A/C) motor. i know that bending the plate by the oil filler helped for  
sure.this winter in my shop i plan on dealing with that issue, and maybe moving  
the coil to the back body support? bracket instead of on the shroud (64 WB  
motor) right over that hole.
PS i tried  more than one coil, before thinking it must have been  normal , 
bending that flap did help it run cooler. I did not have running issues  
because of it though.
regards, Tim Colson