My findings on resistors

[Rich Kinsley <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies

I know I hate to even mention this but here's an issue that raised it's 
head today. After I got the fuel system all corrected and working I took 
the car for a cruise. I gave it a run and it started to miss a little at 
about 4800rpm. I had my Mopar electronic supplied ballast resistor 
hooked up. I pulled over and by-passed it. Then I had NO miss all the 
way up to 5400rpm.

When I got home I checked my resistor and found it to be a 1.5ohm. I got 
out my old stock resistor and it was a .8 ohm. So I put it back on and 
tried it with no miss at 5400rpm either. I believe it was said the Mopar 
ignition should have a .25ohm resistor?? So why did they send the 1.5?? 
Oh well. It seems the .8 is a compromise. The reason I even put a 
resistor back in the circuit is because the car died at idle as if the 
switch were turned off and the coil was very hot. So maybe???? 

I think I'll try the stock one awhile and when I hit the drags I'll 
by-pass it for the short runs. 


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