Going back to Chrysler ignition

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Newbomb Turk said:
I can’t send it Rob. I’m so done with this Apple bullshit.

I started with apple because it didn’t update every ******* week.

My phone and iPad updated last night and I can’t even get my email.

So I have to call apple care again in the morning so I can unfuck this junk so I can return the iPad.

I’ll send your box back Tuesday.

I’m done with YouTube, videos and all the **** that goes with it.

It’s just not worth it.

I will send you a PM in the morning with the details of your ignition so you can tune for it.

I’m out
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Ok. Good enough. Let me know if I owe you anything. Be glad to pay for your trouble. Do like I said. Look into an android device. I'm tellin you if I can do it, a chimp can.
 
Guys - the OP is trying to run points without a ballast resistor. This just plain isn't going to work well. There's a reason no OEM ignition ever used points without a ballast resistor (edit: with a 12 volt system; I was not aware of 6v systems without ballasts) or other current control. The ballast isn't a fixed resistor. It heats up as current increases and its resistance goes up, actively controlling current. Note that if the points are triggering a module, this is a different ball game and not truly a points ignition; the question is what coil the module needs.

You need a ballast resistor on a points ignition. Period.
 
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MadScientistMat said:
Guys - the OP is trying to run points without a ballast resistor. This just plain isn't going to work well. There's a reason no OEM ignition ever used points without a ballast resistor or other current control. The ballast isn't a fixed resistor. It heats up as current increases and its resistance goes up, actively controlling current.

You need a ballast resistor on a points ignition. Period.
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I might have to back read this thread. Is that the issue? WOW. The old 6 volt systems didn't use a ballast resistor. There was a reason for that. The points didn't burn because of the low voltage. The 12 v. systems use a ballast to knock the voltage down. The Mopar electronic uses a ballast for the same purpose.....to reduce the operating voltage. GM HEI doesn't use a ballast because it was designed to be used with battery voltage. 12v and up.
 
chorty55 said:
Wha?

I thought points were like tires and rubber hoses? Throw aways?
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They are consumables. Tune ups came at 12 months or 12,000 miles. Plugs, points, condenser, rotor, cap, fuel filter and adjustments. Air filter service or replacement as needed.
 
toolmanmike said:
They are consumables. Tune ups came at 12 months or 12,000 miles. Plugs, points, condenser, rotor, cap, fuel filter and adjustments. Air filter service or replacement as needed.
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1.5ohm on full 14.7v then.
spark hard and send it!
 
toolmanmike said:
GM HEI doesn't use a ballast because it was designed to be used with battery voltage. 12v and up.
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The HEI controls the current to the coil. As far as the coil was concerned, just a different way doing the same as the ballast resistor was doing.
Ballast resistors were about .6 - .7 ohms for points and 0.55 ohms for the coil with the Chrysler ECU. There's some thread where we got close to figuring out when the higher resistance ballasts came into use. Maybe with Lean burn or after lean burn.
 
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