gtreplica wrote:
Hi drmini, thanks for the reply. I have already fitted an electronic ignition kit to my dizzy (minisport).
With the coil, I have had lots of problems with this, I bought a Lucas gold which I figured was faulty because it misfired like crazy, there was only intermittent spark from the plugs. Then I bought a GT40R, after a while I realised it should have a ballast resistor so I bought one and when I plugged it in it misfired like crazy. So I bought a GT40 a couple of weeks ago, it seems fine, but runs extremely hot as well as the dizzy.
Do any minis have the ballast resistor wire already there? Why would it run worse with a ballast resistor on a GT40R?
Do you think that the dizzy might have been damaged by the "faulty" coils, or incorrect coils?
What would your recommendation be for coil and dizzy combination.
To Aussie Brian, I will try it without the air filter tomorrow and see if there is a difference.
Australian Minis never got the pink resistor wire, all our cars had 3 ohm coils.
I like Bosch coils, either GT40 or Bosch Blue.
Dizzy you have should be fine.
Where is the coil mounted, if on the engine yes it gets a bit hot. I put mine on the inner guard and use a long H/T lead.
How old are the plug leads? do a resistance check. I usually toss them if over 5K ohms.
Inductive core leads like Bosch last well, unlike the cheap leads with carbonized string in them.
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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.
