<VV> Ignition weirdness

MarK Durham 62vair at gmail.com
Mon Sep 22 20:58:56 EDT 2014


This sounds like my car a few years ago. I added a 64 resister from NAPA to
the system as I had to bypass the resister wire which smoked itself, but
too much voltage will destroy your 6 volt coil too. My car ran great after
the resistor, but I also installed a Pertronix II.
Mark Durham Hauser Idaho.
On Sep 22, 2014 3:07 PM, "Jeff Wilson via VirtualVairs" <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> I'm having all kinds of grimlins with my ignition system.
>
> Just put in new plugs and plug wires, and a new coil.
>
> It (65 95HP) still idles pretty crappy.
>
> Coil says on its side use ONLY with resistor!
>
> I've checked th voltage on the + terminal, it shows 12.5
> with engine off and circa 11 with the engine running.
> Is this about right? Seems high to me. Is the black and yellow
> wire to the + terminal not supposed to be a 'resistance wire'?
>
> Dwell meter shows 30 degrees dead on, but I feel like it ran
> better at about 20. Can you have too MUCH dwell (points too
> close)?
>
> CJ Wilson
>
> PS felling like bagging it and going Pertronics, but would like to
> get the points system right just for now.
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