<VV> Resistor for earlies

[Tony Underwood]

At 05:03 hours 09/04/2005, Frank DuVal wrote:
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>Pag,  remember the 65-9  has a resistance WIRE!   not a resistor, 
>like earlies...."
>
>Only the Spyder 1962 and 1963 have the resistor. All the other 
>earlies I had and worked on used resistor wire, just like most of 
>GM. I always wondered what engineer thought the Spyder needed a 
>different resistance than the rest of the engines. I guess he was 
>just thinking the turbo ignition needed a little more oomph to the coil.



Spyders and turbocharged Corsas used a different coil which was 
standard on Corvettes of the era and also used a matching ballast 
resister, which is what also ended up on turbocharged Vairs.


tony..