taylo coil

[amcfool1]

hi has anyone used the Taylor coil # 718205 made for Duraspark ignitions, info says it has 0.700 primary resistance, and Summit says that it both does and does not need a ballast resistor. If its made as a replacement for a Duraspark ignition (mine is 84 Eagle 258), should it not be  usable as a stock replacement? Am I missing something here? thanks gz

[JayRamb]

Taylor has the BEST plugs and coils at a FABULOUS price and USA Made!!

[eaglefreek]

I'm not an electrical expert, but I think the factory coil has a primary resistance of almost 1.5 ohms. So at half the resistance there is a chance you might have an issue with the Duraspark module. There should be a resistance wire already in your wiring and you definitely would want to keep that in the loop. There was a thread about a Pertronix coil a few years ago that has 3 ohm primary resistance and would be able to be run without the resistance wire.  I bought one and it only lasted 3 months. I've got a MSD Blaster II that is 9 years old and still working great. I did have it connected to the Durapsark for a couple years, but I replaced my Duraspark with a MSD a few years ago. So to answer your question, maybe. 

[carnuck]

I went HEI and got rid of the resistor on all but my wagon.

[Nightpath]

HEI is the way to go, especially if you grab the bits inside that may go bad as a backup. Too easy.