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Old 12-03-16, 10:34
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Originally Posted by Malcolm Towrie View Post


Also, the wires between the dizzy caps and the the plugs are solid core so their resistance is low as expected, <0.5 ohms, but the wire between the coil and the dizzy is carbon core, with a resistance of 11 kilohms. Is that a problem?









Malcolm
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I would get rid of that carbon core wire and replace it with a copper cored wire , same as you have for the spark plug leads . Mike
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