excort Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 hey well i just recently brought this msd coil for my pinto and i am haveing abit of trouble with fireing the beast up its all gud when i jumpstart the car or if the battery has been freshly recharged mite get one or 2 starts out of it but still struggles its in my mk2 escort im thinking i dont have anuf power running to it ?? any ideas on what i could do cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 Are you running an electronic ignition or is it an MSD that's designed for Points and you're still running points? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excort Posted May 21, 2006 Author Share Posted May 21, 2006 yeah im running electronic ignition ay well when it gets running it runs mint if i hook a seperate battery up to the coil it starts first pop thinking maybe i need a balist resistor think thats what there called they give the coil abit more of a boost on starts or something dont they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WESTCORT Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 did you just chuck the wire that goes to the old coil onto the new coil when to changed to electronic ignition? you want to bypass this wire as it has a ballast built in and run a new switched wire from the fusebox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excort Posted May 23, 2006 Author Share Posted May 23, 2006 yeah i did ay should i run a thicker wire ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SYKOV6 Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 sounds like the starter is sucking all the juice at start up leaving no volts for coil u could try a larger batt cable to starter and run coil directly from ign with a larger than stock cable too. MSD stuff is the shizz but i have heard that the coils suck mega volts so an upgrade in cableing may be nessesary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L0WMK2 Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 yeah he's got larger battery cable, i we upgraded it when we put the battery in the boot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excort Posted May 25, 2006 Author Share Posted May 25, 2006 well i think i mite try replaceing some of the wireing with new thicker stuf it cranks over really dam fast so theres no problem there but everynow and then when it trys to spark the engine juders and slows right down like the timeing is out again but i didnt do that at all with the other coil :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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