That's what I meant by "built in resistor" -- "built in resisTANCE" is what I should have said. On August 19, 2005 andrew hay wrote: > nb. i've never taken an old coil apart, but i don't think it'd have an > internal resistor because of the heat factor. i've always assumed > that the primary was just wound with more turns, for more resistance > and less current draw at 12v. the spark wouldn't be as hot as a > regular coil at 12v but it could match the regular coil through the > regular ballast. > > and btw both my '66 americans and my '67 marlin, all sixes, had the > high-resistance coil. my '68 199 doesn't. > ________________________________________________________________________ > Andrew Hay the genius nature > internet rambler is to see what all have seen > > adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought ============================================================= Posted by wixList Archiver -- http://www.amxfiles.com/wixlist