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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 08-28-2013, 02:58 PM
Replies: 92
Views: 56,579
Posted By Gasoline
Re: Mallory tech answer to coil/ballast ?

Hello again!

I got my analogue multimeter and it measured 8.2 volt on the positive side of the coil during idle. I am satisfied with that and therefore I am gonna keep the ballast resistor. The...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 08-12-2013, 03:46 AM
Replies: 92
Views: 56,579
Posted By Gasoline
Re: Mallory tech answer to coil/ballast ?

Many thanks!

So according to this it would do no harm to the points and therefore it would be ok to skip the ballast resistor?

I will do the test as soon as I get my analog multimeter that...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 08-11-2013, 01:54 PM
Replies: 92
Views: 56,579
Posted By Gasoline
Re: Mallory tech answer to coil/ballast ?

This is great and easy to overview!

Can you post one with 12v, 1.5 ohms loom/wiring and 1.4 ohms coil and no ballast? (Perhaps, you already did this and I apologize if I missed it).

It...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 08-10-2013, 01:34 PM
Replies: 92
Views: 56,579
Posted By Gasoline
Re: Mallory tech answer to coil/ballast ?

Thanks for all the support. I have two more questions:

According to MSD, the resistance is suppose to increase in the 0.7 ballast resistor (some sources say up to 1.4 ohms) when the engine is...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 08-10-2013, 06:05 AM
Replies: 92
Views: 56,579
Posted By Gasoline
Re: Mallory tech answer to coil/ballast ?

Thanks, I will do that test tomorrow.

I should also mention that there were a 1.4 ohms coil and a 0.7 ballast resistor when I bought the car. When the car died that time on the highway (4 years...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 08-09-2013, 04:47 PM
Replies: 92
Views: 56,579
Posted By Gasoline
Re: Mallory tech answer to coil/ballast ?

What can I say; I am impressed by your knowledge and I have read all posts carefully.

To sum up my problem: car shakes, dies and impossible to start on a sunny day. I change MSD 0.7 coil + 0.7...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 08-08-2013, 03:54 PM
Replies: 92
Views: 56,579
Posted By Gasoline
Re: Mallory tech answer to coil/ballast ?

I use oldfashioned points. That is why I'm so concerned about the ballast or not. 9 voltage on positive on coil when running and 5.7 with engine off and key on is ok regarding to Mallory, but I trust...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 08-08-2013, 03:11 PM
Replies: 92
Views: 56,579
Posted By Gasoline
Re: Mallory tech answer to coil/ballast ?

1. My mistake, I just changed it to voltage.

2. I´m not sure what you mean. Ignition coil resistance is 1.4 and ballast resistor is 0.7

3. Yes, and I´m using a digital multimeter.

I...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 08-08-2013, 12:39 PM
Replies: 92
Views: 56,579
Posted By Gasoline
Re: Mallory tech answer to coil/ballast ?

Thanks for the clarification.

However, the results that I mentioned before are taken during idle:
Accel 8140 super stock with resistor= 8 voltage on coil positive.
Accel 8140 super stock...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 08-08-2013, 01:41 AM
Replies: 92
Views: 56,579
Posted By Gasoline
Re: Mallory tech answer to coil/ballast ?

Thanks, I have to drive more to be certain. It did not get hot yesterday when I was testing with different coil. I wonder: How can a coil with 1.4 resistance result in higher voltage than a coil with...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 08-07-2013, 04:17 PM
Replies: 92
Views: 56,579
Posted By Gasoline
Re: Mallory tech answer to coil/ballast ?

Thanks! I will remove the MSD coil. It was actually MSD electronic service that told me that if it is 9 volts on the positive side on the coil I´m good, but if it is less , I would remove the...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 08-07-2013, 01:55 PM
Replies: 92
Views: 56,579
Posted By Gasoline
Re: Mallory tech answer to coil/ballast ?

I am at the garage right now. I measured the voltage on the positive on the coil. It is only 6 voltage with ballast and 7 without. This was strange, but perhaps why the car was shaking and finally...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 08-07-2013, 05:03 AM
Replies: 92
Views: 56,579
Posted By Gasoline
Re: Mallory tech answer to coil/ballast ?

Hello again!

Which is the best ignition coil for a Mallory 27 series (dual points)? I´m already using a MSD Blaster 2 with external ballast resistor, but I´m gonna buy an extra ignition...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 07-28-2013, 03:16 PM
Replies: 92
Views: 56,579
Posted By Gasoline
Re: Mallory tech answer to coil/ballast ?

I must admit that when I installed the new msd coil and ballast resistor recently, I connected the wires wrong, ie. resistance wire to the negative side of the coil and the cable from the distributor...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 07-28-2013, 03:04 PM
Replies: 92
Views: 56,579
Posted By Gasoline
Re: Mallory tech answer to coil/ballast ?

This is a great forum!

OK, I´m gonna stick to my Mallory distributor, original resistance wire, MSD blaster 2 coil and the ballast resistor. It might have been a bad condenser (out of the box)...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 07-27-2013, 01:11 PM
Replies: 92
Views: 56,579
Posted By Gasoline
Re: Mallory tech answer to coil/ballast ?

Ok, thanks.

What I want to know for sure is if I can I can choose between two different methods to get 3 ohms so that the points will not get damaged. Are you saying that I should stick to...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 07-26-2013, 05:39 PM
Replies: 92
Views: 56,579
Posted By Gasoline
Re: Mallory tech answer to coil/ballast ?

Hello!

I contacted Mallory regarding my Mallory distributor 27 series with dual points. It needs 3 ohms (original resistance wire 1.5, MSD blaster 2 coil 0.7 and ballast resistor 0.8= total 3...
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