<VV> Secondary voltage at coils.(Was Bad Corvair)

[Dennis Pleau]

My experience.  I bought an Pertronics I and a coil from a Corvair vendor.
The coil broke down after 20 or 30 minutes.  I returned I and the
replacement coil had the same problem.  I went to the local FLAPS and bought
an ACCEL coil (it was a Pertronics twin) and it had the same problem. I
returned it and was told it didn't work because my engine didn't have enough
modifications?  The replacement had the same problem.  

I put my OEM  coil back on and it has worked very well with my Pretrornics I
and 0.040 plug gap.

dp

-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Monasterio
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 7:05 PM
To: Frank Burkhardt; Bob Helt; Smitty; VirtualVairs
Subject: Re: <VV> Secondary voltage at coils.(Was Bad Corvair)


This topic lead me to coils secondary voltage using Pertronix.I've found
that, with Pertronix II and it's matching Flame Thrower coil can't get more
than 8 KV at idle but, it increases at high rpm, to more than 20 KV.With
Pertronix I and std. coil, get about 10 KV at idle and about 15 KV at more
than 2,000 rpm. Didn't checked with points.On simple words, Pertronix I
makes passing exhaust emissions tests (less HC at idle) better than with
Pertronix II but, I'm still concerned, on both cases, about the different
voltages between idle and high rpm as, I supposed that on this electronic
devices the coil output voltage shouldn't be affected by speed (excepting 0
rpm).
Daniel MonasterioJust trying to learn a bit more
> From: FrankCB at aol.com
> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:29:44 -0400
> To: BobHelt at aol.com; vairologist at cox.net; virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Bad Corvair
> 
> Bob,
>     Maybe the "electricity" in this car is simply old  like Smitty and 
> required "revving up" to get going.<GGG>
>     Frank Burkhard
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