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Originally Posted by Tom's36coupe
Rich, I am sure our friends at Bubbas will chime in for some help. I would like to get rid of the ballast resistor for two reasons, clean up the engine compartment wiring and possibly better performance. I always understood that because of the way the combustion chamber is on a Flattie the spark has to travel a long way, just makes sense to me that the hotter it is the better? hey what do I know though, I am just a Jeweler! lol......
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Tom, It has probably already been cleared up a bit for you, by Bubba's last (and excellent ) post. Though to make point of it, the spark just has to fire the plug (jump the gap) the burning characteristics of the flame front, in a flathead combustion chamber, are another subject, after the fact.
Bubba, I assume that each of these Ballast resistors is there for the sole purpose of completing each particular system, so as to have a higher voltage cold start facility. (if not, I probably missed the whole point)