Can a coil break up under a load?
#1618553
05/10/14 10:48 PM
05/10/14 10:48 PM
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Posts: 1,261 Phoenix, AZ
Belvedere1
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Trying to troubleshoot a problem which I believe to be electrical and curious if a coil could be the cause of the motor breaking up under a 3/4 to full throttle load. I have a new Firecore Dist and their wires, a MP chrome box, the coil on there now is an old MP unit from the conversion kit from 15 + years ago. No oil leaks from the coil. The car runs great until you bring the rpm's up. In park it revs to 6500 with no issues. The initial timing is set @ 20 deg and I adjusted the advance slots in the dist to give it 38 deg. The advance springs are the ones as delivered from Firecore. The motor is a 10.5:1, Eddy head, 451, 254@50 solid cam.
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Re: Can a coil break up under a load?
[Re: rebel]
#1618555
05/10/14 10:59 PM
05/10/14 10:59 PM
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Posts: 240 Ft. Wayne, IN.
QTR MILR
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Coils can definately be a problem... I had one once that would run fine until it was heat soaked then it would crap out. Once it cooled of it would fire again....
Scott
69 Satellite, 3650lb street car... Dunnuck Racing pump gas 440. Best of 10:60@127...
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Re: Can a coil break up under a load?
[Re: Belvedere1]
#1618571
05/12/14 10:27 PM
05/12/14 10:27 PM
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Posts: 36,041 Lincoln Nebraska
RapidRobert
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Circle Track
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Lincoln Nebraska
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Check rotor phasing. NAPA has an Echlin #MO3000 rotor with an .060" longer blade which can help with that (it'll reduce the radial distance but not the circumferential distance but both of those add up & if you're over the gap distance that your coil/ballast combo can handle then it will miss). It's worse at WOT when the required voltage is the greatest. Holler what it ends up being. A quick check is to cap the vac adv hose & see if it changes (gets better or worse) as only vac adv will alter RP (that's why Andy intro'd his machined reluctors way back) which you can do at home (just need a drill press/accurate measurements). Note that vac adv shifts phasing CW on a BB & CCW on a SB. See where it is at at rest (no vac)
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