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Tic's60
03-22-2007, 06:59 PM
Now that my shinny firewall is done I am putting all of my electronics inside the car and well damm if I knw how long a Plug coil wire can be from distrib to the coil!

I know more feet = more resistance but will 3-4 feet hurt? Mallory Comp 9000 29440 coil and either the MSD 6A or the Mallory VII. Depends on some other things going in:D
Nuff spark there to waken the dead. I know it got me last time I played with it ZAPPPP :eek:


thanks!
Mike-Casella
03-22-2007, 07:42 PM
When I had the old chassis in the car I mounted the coil to the pass side of the trans tunnel and routed the coil wire out to the distributor. I don't think it was over 3', but it worked fine in my situation. I had a MSD dist, 6AL box and a MSD coil that I don't remember the number on, but it was blue. I may even have a picture somewhere of some of it.

It'll work fine, just plug it in and go. :brow
Tic's60
03-22-2007, 10:13 PM
Cool! I found I can mount my plate I am building to hold the coil and box in that exact spot! Thanks Mike!! Sure helps when someone else has already done this.
I just finished mounting all of my switches w/safetys and LED's in my radio delete plate. Looks sharp!
I need to get with you on the parts as well but I have been busy as you can tell :D I do need them though.

many thanks

Mike
Mike-Casella
03-23-2007, 12:58 PM
Take your time, they aren't going anywhere.
Tic's60
03-23-2007, 10:06 PM
So your always wondering where those bullet riddled street signs go

6739

6740

6741

Mikey builds things from them :D

And they are usualy free!
Dond409
03-24-2007, 02:37 PM
Tic,

What are you running for a distributor? If it has an electronic pick up of some sort you won't need the ballast resistor. With points then you will need it.
Tic's60
03-24-2007, 02:57 PM
Mallory Comp 9000 unilite. Mallory recomends a ballest but I have seen them run just fine without. The MSD won't being thru the ballest since it needs full power.
The unilite modules are prety tough if you take care in what you are doing. I even run an inline fuse after the ballest resistor as more cheap protection and if I ever should hit above 7,000 pop goes the fuse.
There's a excellent site that covers mallory very well at
http://www.centuryperformance.com/mallory/mallorytech.asp