EBay: MSD Blaster coil

[BaronVonChickenPants]

Spotted this on Ebay, it's a nice performance upgrade for EA81/82's, run it with a spark plug gap of 1.1ish mm

The blaster 3 is identical to the blaster 2 except for the high voltage connection, this one requires a lead which would normally go from a spark plug to the dizzy

RRP: $100-120

Ebay link

Jordan.

[Bobbrumby]

The blaster 3 is identical to the blaster 2 except for the high voltage connection, this one requires a lead which would normally go from a spark plug to the dizzy

What do you mean by this?

And would I need i new "main" hv lead cause the top on the blaster coil looks completely different to an ea81 one.

[BaronVonChickenPants]

Yeah that's it, I'm running a Blaster 3 in mine bacause thats what they had in stock, they threw in a suitable hv lead, the Blaster 2 is the same as the stock coil as far as connections.

Jordan.

[Bobbrumby]

do you happen to know what car the lead is ment for?

[BaronVonChickenPants]

No idea, just showed them my current coil lead and they grabbed one the same length but with the right ends.

Jordan

[LTurbo]

Spotted this on Ebay, it's a nice performance upgrade for EA81/82's, run it with a spark plug gap of 1.1ish mm

Jordan.

Do you know if its woth it on Ea82T's as they run 1.1mm standard. Any other gains other than a larger spark (like a more reliable spark)?

[BaronVonChickenPants]

Sorry not sure how it effects the EA82T's

Jordan.

[Bobbrumby]

so this coil would have the same winding resistance as the stock one?

[BaronVonChickenPants]

Heres the specs http://www.msdignition.com/coil_blaster ... 2_8223.htm

I don't know how the resistance compares to the stock coil but I've been running mine for over a year with the EA82 electronic distributor with out a hitch.

It does say that if you have points then you need to run a ballast resistor.

Jordan.

[fredsub]

The primary winding DC resistance is slightly less (8223 hi-vibration coil) than stock, I remember measuring it, sorry can't recall now by how much .......maybe 4ohms less
I use it with a CDI, i'm sure it would excell by itself also.

[Bobbrumby]

itihnk i have the electric points e.g. a black box in dizzy, so i dont need balast resister?

[BaronVonChickenPants]

sounds about right, also check if theres a resistor on your current coil, usually a little white rectangular block connected in series with your coil mounted on the coil bracket.

You can run a points setup with out the resistor but most likely it will either ash the points or burn out the coil within 6 months, sometimes you can get away with it though.

Jordan.

[Bobbrumby]

pretty sure no resister on coil bracket

btw: what clutch is that in your avatar or do you just have gigantic hands :P

and hows your ej18 conv coming allong?

[BaronVonChickenPants]

It's a 12 inch chev clutch, my hands are massive and I'm a proctologist

Nah, it's actually a sherpa clutch, it's tiny, I haven't measured it yet but u get the idea from the picture, and just to clear it up my hands are normal and I don't go anywhere near peoples arses.

EJ18 is coming along nicely, about to try to work on the loom.

Jordan.