<VV> follow-up on bogging down, sputtering

[Dennis Pleau]

I went through three aftermarket coils in a short period of time.  One
Pertronics and two Accel before I went back to the original.  All had the
exact symptoms Ernie had.  That's why I suggested his problems was the coil.
All three had the right resistance both before and after they started
causing problems and they were hooked up properly.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of John O'Shea
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 1:15 PM
To: Virtual Vairs
Subject: Re: <VV> follow-up on bogging down, sputtering

Finding the "good quality aftermarket coil" may turn out to be just as much 
of a crapshoot as the stock types.
I know of several Corvair folks who have installed the "high output" 
expensive aftermarket coil and they found out two things:
1. On anything short of a serious race engine there's no improvement in 
performance.
2. Reliability of the expensive aftermarket coils is equal to or worse than 
stock coils.
BTW, an article in one of Bob Helt's books thoroughly debunks the urban myth

that your stock (or near stock) Corvair engine
will run better with a high output coil.

Turn flame on here, but please spare the group anecdotal "evidence" and 
"facts".