coonaPWR Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 been told to take it out, is this a good idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ae824ate Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainWarriorDregs Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 Details would be good. I mean, if it's a regular points distributor running the stock coil on a stock engine then yes, it is NOT a good idea to remove it or you will burn your points out. However i do not run one, as i have an electronic distributor and a gt40 coil suited to use without a resistor. so yeah... i'd leave it aye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coonaPWR Posted July 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 cheers mate. a have a bosch gt40 coil but just the standard points dizzy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJM85 Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 cheers mate. a have a bosch gt40 coil but just the standard points dizzy. ...then you should be running the gt40r. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coonaPWR Posted July 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 ...then you should be running the gt40r. it is the gt40r, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezzaclub Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 Its basically a 6Volt coil designed to run with that resistor, so it gets fed 6V when driving. On the cranking part of the ignition the resistor gets bypassed, so full voltage goes straight to the coil. However with the starter grinding away the voltage drop only gives it 6 or 9volts anyway. That way you have 100% of your coil working to start the car, rather than a 12V coil trying to spark with only 9volts. Running it without the resistor will give you a fatter spark as it gets fed a higher voltage, but I figure it won't last as long. Probably give your points a hard time too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19914afc Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 Just buy a few spare sets of points if you really want to take it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrot Posted July 14, 2011 Report Share Posted July 14, 2011 No. Any 'benefit' from running an unballasted coil, would be rapidly dissipated due to badly pitted points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TE278U Posted July 14, 2011 Report Share Posted July 14, 2011 spend some money on reconditioning a dizzy and buy a HDI kit for it if you want big reliable spark. don't waste the money though if you don't have any other mods to your motor to benefit from the extra spark though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJM85 Posted July 14, 2011 Report Share Posted July 14, 2011 spend some money on reconditioning a dizzy and buy a HDI kit for it if you want big reliable spark. don't waste the money though if you don't have any other mods to your motor to benefit from the extra spark though... The GT40r should run a resistor. The first thing to go will be your leads if you take it out. Otherwise run a Hot Spark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coonaPWR Posted July 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2011 cheers everyone! another thing... i made one of those "homemade limiters" with the relay and the shift light. and it worked sweet for about 5mins the popped the ballast resistor.. blew it like a fuse :S could i have wired the limiter wrong? or just a bad luck that it popped the same time i get a limiter lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz_Rx Posted July 15, 2011 Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 won't just fry the points..... it'll fry the coil too!! Sounds like you wired the limiter wrong. :hmm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrohamish Posted July 15, 2011 Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 Is anyone running a hot spark? How well do they work and what sorta price are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rian Posted July 15, 2011 Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 (edited) That Hot-Spark system only seems to work with Nippondenso points distributors, I thought all the Nippondenso distributors in Australian corollas were electronic and that the Bosch distributors were points? Is there any advantage of the Hot-Spark system over a normal electronic distributor, or are they basically the same technology? Edited July 15, 2011 by rianwest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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