Ballast resistor or not?
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tybob81
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Ballast resistor or not?
We put a flame thrower coil(1.5 ohm) and a points eliminator kit on a 67 f100 with a 360(stock was a 352). When we got the truck in to start the resto it didn't have a ballast resistor on it. When I rewired it I put a new one on it on because the painless book showed it on and included it. The flamethrower book said it doesnt need it with the 1.5 ohm coil so I took the resistor off and it runs fine without it. Should I put it back on or leave it off?
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seattle67
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Re: Ballast resistor or not?
If the flame thrower book says to leave it off, I would leave it off.
Dan
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