That is what I was thinking. I searched and searched and searched. Pertronix is very Flaky about that. Most of their instructions say they recommend NOT using the resistor or resistance wire IF you use their coil or a "proper" ohm coil. The original unit and the II and III have different instructions and requirements. Even though they say not to use a Resistor, they still show you how to use one if you want to or the motor/era had one with xx ohms. I saw three different ohm values for coil mentioned by Pertronix.
This is why I cautioned Lugnutz to be carefull with ohms. I decided not to say "you don't need a resistor because a resistor is to protect points and you don't have points".....but pertronix cautions the unit can burn out if too little or too large coil resistance....so I'm non-commital for fear of wrong info, not knowing what unit and what coil ohmage he used with his 12V conversion.........I am now out of breath.
OK, AFTER TWO SWIGS:
If you know what coil ohmage you have, know the model Pertronix, read that instruction, know what the resistor ohm is, you can do the math to see of you leave the friggin resistor in or not. What I would do for sure is find out what coil is need from pertronix and eliminate the resistor.... BUT after all that they say their coil is INTERNALLY RESISTED
So if I'm reading all their many different pages correctly and sorted it, they recommend NOT using a ballast or wire but buy their coil, which is resisted and sounds like a 1.5 OHMer. I'm amped up about a device I will never use, but I have pills for that.
This is not anything against Lugnutz.....it's a general evaluation for anybody.
