Rich

Hi all bit off topic but its for a range rover so I suppose its sort of
related. I need a coil for a 6 cylinder engine and don't know what to go
for, would any old coil do or does it need to be suitable for a 6 cylinder
engine to take in to account the recharge time between sparks so would a
coil for a jag do and would it be a ballasted one !!!!!!!!!

Richard

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EMB

Rich wrote:
> Hi all bit off topic but its for a range rover so I suppose its sort of
> related. I need a coil for a 6 cylinder engine and don't know what to go
> for, would any old coil do or does it need to be suitable for a 6 cylinder
> engine to take in to account the recharge time between sparks so would a
> coil for a jag do and would it be a ballasted one !!!!!!!!!

A coil for a kettering ignition system (ie points) is pretty much the
same regardless of the engine. I can't comment on whether you'll need a
ballasted one (not having done much with 6 cyl Rovers). If you're not a
rivet counting type I'd go for one of the Bosch transformer type coils
(GT40 or GT40R) as they seem to provide a better spark with less current
draw.

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On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 08:23:56 +1300, EMB <embtwo@gmail.com> wrote:

>Rich wrote:
>> Hi all bit off topic but its for a range rover so I suppose its sort of
>> related. I need a coil for a 6 cylinder engine and don't know what to go
>> for, would any old coil do or does it need to be suitable for a 6 cylinder
>> engine to take in to account the recharge time between sparks so would a
>> coil for a jag do and would it be a ballasted one !!!!!!!!!
>
If you're not a
>rivet counting type I'd go for one of the Bosch transformer type coils
>(GT40 or GT40R) as they seem to provide a better spark with less current
>draw.

And besides, you could then put a "Powered by GT40" graphic on the
bonnet.

mmmm GT40

David

beamendsltd

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EMB <embtwo@gmail.com> wrote:

> Rich wrote:
> > Hi all bit off topic but its for a range rover so I suppose its sort of
> > related. I need a coil for a 6 cylinder engine and don't know what to go
> > for, would any old coil do or does it need to be suitable for a 6 cylinder
> > engine to take in to account the recharge time between sparks so would a
> > coil for a jag do and would it be a ballasted one !!!!!!!!!
>
> A coil for a kettering ignition system (ie points) is pretty much the
> same regardless of the engine. I can't comment on whether you'll need a
> ballasted one (not having done much with 6 cyl Rovers). If you're not a
> rivet counting type I'd go for one of the Bosch transformer type coils
> (GT40 or GT40R) as they seem to provide a better spark with less current
> draw.
>

It's the same coil for 2.25 and 2.6 - nothing fancy required.

Richard
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Rich

Ok thanks for the input by all....

Rich

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> In message <d0q6sc$nhg$1@lust.ihug.co.nz>
> EMB <embtwo@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Rich wrote:
> > > Hi all bit off topic but its for a range rover so I suppose its sort
of
> > > related. I need a coil for a 6 cylinder engine and don't know what to
go
> > > for, would any old coil do or does it need to be suitable for a 6
cylinder
> > > engine to take in to account the recharge time between sparks so would
a
> > > coil for a jag do and would it be a ballasted one !!!!!!!!!
> >
> > A coil for a kettering ignition system (ie points) is pretty much the
> > same regardless of the engine. I can't comment on whether you'll need a
> > ballasted one (not having done much with 6 cyl Rovers). If you're not a
> > rivet counting type I'd go for one of the Bosch transformer type coils
> > (GT40 or GT40R) as they seem to provide a better spark with less current
> > draw.
> >
>
> It's the same coil for 2.25 and 2.6 - nothing fancy required.
>
> Richard
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> Running a business in a Microsoft free environment - it can be done
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