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Pertronix and gt40
alien8 - April 2nd, 2009 at 02:05 AM

Like the title suggests, does anyone run the Pertronix 1 electronic ignition with the Bosch gt40 coil? Suggestion welcome.


alien8 - April 2nd, 2009 at 11:20 AM

or should I say, can I run the Pertronix with the gt40?
The resistance of the gt40 coil from + to - terminal is 3.7ohms.


psimitar - April 2nd, 2009 at 03:52 PM

I thought the Pertronix was meant to be able to hook up to any 12v coil and even some 6v ones. I know that they are meant to wiork better with the low impedance flamnethrower coils at 0.7ohms but that just allows the current to discharge and charge quicker meaning more power at higher revs.
I could bore you with collapsing magnetic fields and such but it's not bedtime just yet :)


Joel - April 2nd, 2009 at 04:57 PM

gt40 will be fine with pertronix
i ran that setup for a couple years till i got a better coil but dads is still running now after 8 years
dont think ive known another GT40 coil to last that long


alien8 - April 2nd, 2009 at 08:01 PM

Pertronix recommends their Flamethrower coils with ignitor system but they offer them in 1.5 and 3 ohm coils. Which one is the better one to run with a standard centrifugal 009? They don't really specify one over the other.


Joel - April 3rd, 2009 at 07:06 AM

double check it but from memory 3ohms is the one you want

1.5ohm are the external ballast resistor type