RE: My findings on resistors

[Rich Kinsley <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx>]

You betcha I'm going !!!! It's a blast. It runs Aug 28-30. I'll be there 
Sat. and maybe Sunday. Go to Mid-America Motorplex and check on Rolling 
Thunder Drag strip. That'll give you the real story.

Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies

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Steve Mick wrote:
> 
> Rich, speaking of the drags, are you still planning on making the 
> Pacific 
> Jct. old geezer drags?  My son lives in Glenwwod and we were talking 
> today 
> about attending . What is the date?,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,MO
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rich Kinsley" <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 10:07 PM
> Subject: My findings on resistors
> 
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> > Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
> >
> > I know I hate to even mention this but here's an issue that raised it's
> > head today. After I got the fuel system all corrected and working I took
> > the car for a cruise. I gave it a run and it started to miss a little at
> > about 4800rpm. I had my Mopar electronic supplied ballast resistor
> > hooked up. I pulled over and by-passed it. Then I had NO miss all the
> > way up to 5400rpm.
> >
> > When I got home I checked my resistor and found it to be a 1.5ohm. I got
> > out my old stock resistor and it was a .8 ohm. So I put it back on and
> > tried it with no miss at 5400rpm either. I believe it was said the Mopar
> > ignition should have a .25ohm resistor?? So why did they send the 1.5??
> > Oh well. It seems the .8 is a compromise. The reason I even put a
> > resistor back in the circuit is because the car died at idle as if the
> > switch were turned off and the coil was very hot. So maybe????
> >
> > I think I'll try the stock one awhile and when I hit the drags I'll
> > by-pass it for the short runs.
> >
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Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies


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