marcjagman
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| posted on 13/6/10 at 01:11 PM |
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Diagram needed for V8 ballast ignition.
Really need help here on how to wire a Rover V8 dizzy properly with a ballast resistor. Anyone got diagrams or a link???
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plentywahalla
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| posted on 13/6/10 at 01:59 PM |
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Its quite easy to work out. Assuming you have a 6 volt coil installed.
Take positive feed from ignition switch to ballast resistor, then connect ballast resistor to coil.
Then take positive feed from starter solenoid input direct to coil, by-passing ballast resistor.
Therefore when starter solenoid is engaged and cranking engine, the coil is supplied with 12 volts and gives a honking big spark. When the engine is
running the voltage is bumped down to 6 volts to stop it burning out.
Thats how it was on my Stag. I assume Rover did things the same way.
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Paradoxia0
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| posted on 13/6/10 at 02:39 PM |
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THis is how I wired mine, yours will be similar I guess!!
V8 ignition diagram
Regards
Mark
Edited to make link work (I hope!)
[Edited on 13/6/10 by Paradoxia0]
There is no replacement for displacement...
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marcjagman
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| posted on 13/6/10 at 03:40 PM |
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Thought rovers used a 12v coil
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marcjagman
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| posted on 13/6/10 at 04:22 PM |
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Cheers Mark but the link doesn't seem to work
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scudderfish
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| posted on 13/6/10 at 05:15 PM |
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RV8 doesn't care (within reasonable limits) what coil it uses. However on any engine if you run a 12v coil with a ballast you will be very
lucky to get it to run at all. Conversely if you run a 6 or 9v coil without a ballast, you're likely to let the magic smoke out.
[Edited on 13/6/10 by scudderfish]
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Paradoxia0
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| posted on 13/6/10 at 05:20 PM |
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Just edited the link, hope i works and is useful to you!
Mark
There is no replacement for displacement...
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robinj66
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| posted on 13/6/10 at 08:49 PM |
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Here's the diagram for the 35DE8 (OPUS) distributor
[img] [/img]
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robinj66
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| posted on 13/6/10 at 08:52 PM |
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This is the diagram for the 35DE8 (OPUS) distributor
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