Re: 460 wiring

Posted by Gary in MOOzarks on October 30, 2003 at 03:06:04 from (64.240.21.157):

In Reply to: 460 wiring posted by fred on October 29, 2003 at 18:13:49:

Looks like you are getting lots of advise which is good, but can be just as confusing. What most of these fellows is true, it just depends on how you want to go about it.
Running 12v through your coil gives a hot spark but its hard on points which is why they ran them at 6 volts nominal with 12 volts at startup. The older setups used an 6 volt coil with an external resistor, which was simple. When the switch was in start mode it ran 12 volts to the coil and in the run mode it ran 6-8 volts. Later they built coils that had an internal resistor and didn't use the ceramic resistor. like the one fellow said. Read the outside of the coil. They often say 12v external or something like that. Which means it's a 6volt coil for a 12 volt system. As far as the altenator goes, alot of folks use the one wire system which is easy to hook up but they are a bit more pricey. I generally use the 3 wire variety which are readily available and cheap. It does require a small light bulb like a running ligt or turn signal bulb to excite the altenator but that ends up on the dash as an indicator that its working when you start up the light glows and when the altenator is charging it goes out. If i did it right there will be a link to a conversion site that has a diagram good luck

• 12volt conversion

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