Re: Motorcraft Duraspark question...
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Re: Motorcraft Duraspark question...



A: I went with a Mopar mid '80s coil and points dist and will eventually 
swap out the points.


From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
To: AMC List <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Motorcraft Duraspark question...
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I've got an AMC-labelled Duraspark box with the popular "TFI upgrade" parts 
installed. Works great. Got the Ford TFI coil for nearly nothing from a 
yard.

I installed a 1.6 ohm ballast resistor, a big ceramic job, bolted to the 
inner fender (there is no resistance wire in my home-made harness).  The 
damned thing gets skin-peeling hot -- easy 500 degrees.  I mean, 
peel-your-skin-off hot like the barrel of a soldering iron.

The coil seems fine, only a slight temperature rise.  The Duraspark box is 
the same temp as the fender.


Is this normal? 





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