New Engine Install . . . Timing Issues?

[Waterbury]

Nice work but don't run it for too long without a ballast resistor or you will burn up the coil (unless it has a built in ballast which I believe 79-> don't). With no ballast, the primary current is around 2X which means power dissipation is around 4X. The ballast spec is 0.85 to 0.95 ohms. It should be easy to find a replacement.

I am currently using an aftermarket coil (1.5ohm). Will stop by at parts store later today and find a ballast resistor to replace, hopefully mine is just bad and not the full cause of the issue.

 

[Huey]

Which is kinda funny because everyone said it was fuel and not spark!

Well, to be fair, we said it was fuel and not timing. But you're right, I would have bet money on it being a fuel issue.

 

[carl]

My brother's old BMW 2002 had some sort of ignition relay that gave full 12v for startup at the coil and then after running would switch to a resister that gave 7.5 volts.