Hello all and merry xmas!
I'm using all the free time I have on these days to check everything on the bug and make sure all is perfect. I have a bosch blue coil installed in it, coupled to a 009 dizzy (I got lucky with this one, almost no flat spot), and it works great. But soon I'll be installing a SVDA (maybe with compufire) and CD ignition (mallory probably). And I have a few questions. I've read somewhere that if my coil doesn't have a ballast resistor in it my dizzy/compufire can burn up. I always assumed the blue coil has the ballast resistor in it, but somewhere i read most of them don't. How do I know if it has on inside? I measured resistance acros the primary and secondary circuit (3.8 ohms and 8,800 ohms respectively), and I know that means the coil is Ok, but does this mean I have the resistor? if i don't have it, must I install one of those ceramic external ones between the coil and dizzy? I have a few laying around.
According to some websites, the CD ignition feeds the dizzy a very small current and the coil a strong/high voltage one, do I still need the ballast resistor with this? Is the blue coil enough for a mallory hyfire VI?
TIA, Karls