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My post has gotten a little windy so I'll ask my question first. What is the correct pertronix flame thrower coil for an electronic ignition in a TR3, 1.5ohm or 3.0ohm?
I'm in the process of helping a friend get his 62 TR3 running correctly. Someone gave him the car about 10 years ago. It has been repainted and a new interior, a nice looking driver if it could be driven. My friend is not mechanically inclined and has spent a lot of money taking the TR3 to mechanics who don't know old cars. The car has never run right since he got it. He had his dual carbs redone, then put electronic ignition and then replaced the dual carbs with a single holley carb thinking it would cure the poor running of his motor. Nothing helped much as I suspect it never was timed correctly.
My friend asked me first to help bleed the clutch cylinder. After we did that we drove it around the block. The complaint about the engine was it was running rough and fouling plugs, possibly old gas causing the problems. My first ride in it was around the block and I was unsure whether we would have to push it home it ran so bad. It stumbled, coughed and sputtered.
I own 2 Model A Fords, a 36 Ford woodie, and a 63 Corvette so I know a little about how to tune an oldie.
It needed to be timed correctly which I did with a timing light. I twisted the distributor until I got the knob adjustment where it should be. I used an advance curve posted here and set 1,000rpm at about and inch advanced (8-10 degrees before TDC I'm guessing) on the pulley. I then retarded it enough so that it would start. I checked to make sure that it advanced beyond the 1,000rpm. I haven't check pinging at high speed since he doesn't have insurance or a current tag for the car which never ran right since he got it.
My friend had replaced the dual carbs with a 2 bbl Holley. I looked up the tuning specs and set the holley up how it was supposed to be. The install on the holley was botched as well. It was set to always be on the high speed circuit and the low speed mixture was wrong.
He has the original distributor. He has a pertronix electronic ignition and he didn't replace the original coil like he should have which is recommended. spark at idle is weak. It runs rough at high speed indicating to me wrong coil. Idle is OK.
My question is should he buy a 1.5ohm or 3.0ohm pertronix flame thrower coil?
I'm in the process of helping a friend get his 62 TR3 running correctly. Someone gave him the car about 10 years ago. It has been repainted and a new interior, a nice looking driver if it could be driven. My friend is not mechanically inclined and has spent a lot of money taking the TR3 to mechanics who don't know old cars. The car has never run right since he got it. He had his dual carbs redone, then put electronic ignition and then replaced the dual carbs with a single holley carb thinking it would cure the poor running of his motor. Nothing helped much as I suspect it never was timed correctly.
My friend asked me first to help bleed the clutch cylinder. After we did that we drove it around the block. The complaint about the engine was it was running rough and fouling plugs, possibly old gas causing the problems. My first ride in it was around the block and I was unsure whether we would have to push it home it ran so bad. It stumbled, coughed and sputtered.
I own 2 Model A Fords, a 36 Ford woodie, and a 63 Corvette so I know a little about how to tune an oldie.
It needed to be timed correctly which I did with a timing light. I twisted the distributor until I got the knob adjustment where it should be. I used an advance curve posted here and set 1,000rpm at about and inch advanced (8-10 degrees before TDC I'm guessing) on the pulley. I then retarded it enough so that it would start. I checked to make sure that it advanced beyond the 1,000rpm. I haven't check pinging at high speed since he doesn't have insurance or a current tag for the car which never ran right since he got it.
My friend had replaced the dual carbs with a 2 bbl Holley. I looked up the tuning specs and set the holley up how it was supposed to be. The install on the holley was botched as well. It was set to always be on the high speed circuit and the low speed mixture was wrong.
He has the original distributor. He has a pertronix electronic ignition and he didn't replace the original coil like he should have which is recommended. spark at idle is weak. It runs rough at high speed indicating to me wrong coil. Idle is OK.
My question is should he buy a 1.5ohm or 3.0ohm pertronix flame thrower coil?
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