Hello to all
I just want to know if anyone could tell ma wat is the function off a small piece that is near ignition coil on a original 71

Its the ballast resistor.

The Coil gets 13.8 volts on start (To make starting easier with a bigger spark)...and runs on about 12v when the engine is running. If the ballast resistor is replaced with a
piece of wire the coil will overheat and may explode.

The ignition switch bypasses the ballast resistor in the start position.

You can test my theory by placing a voltmeter with negative on ground, and the positive on the positive terminal of the coil.

During cranking you will see 13.8V
When engine is running you will see 12v.

I hope this answers your question.

Chris

nah bro come on didnt you see teretonga standing there, it was about waist hight aye...? oh now i have read the question it is the ballast resistor and no it cant be used to run your twin
fanta injection unit. the best way to run that is to fit a second battery to compensate for the additional power drain of the twin spray unit, because the "moTec fanta injection control unit"
actually needs 13.8v for the correct operation of syncronising the 2 sets of 8 fanta dedicated injectors that you a plumbing into your "original" intake manifold (yes we all know). so
therefore the carbon fibre duct should be moved to the extreme left of the engine bay, the fanta supply lines and the fanta cooler shifted down and frontwards for more efficiency and then
flexible braided stainless lines used straight onto the fanta injector rail. now that side of things is sussed out, your fueling certianly isnt, after much dedicated techinal meetings online,
well teretonga didnt answer but it is belived that a hole above your carb with a funnel leading down each barrel will suffice to channel the fuel from the bucket suspended above it tipped at
the precise moment, suggestions have been throwen around and it is universally acceppeted at the correct method for this is to counter weight the bucket, and use 30lb nylon to hold the bucket
in the systems normal posistion, by running the nylon down and behind the accelerator and anchoring it in the footwell, then it is in prime posistion to be cut by a razor blade attached to the
underside of the accelerator pedal when WOT (wide open throttle) ia achivied and fanta injection is activated, thus pouring enough fuel to satisfy the engines new found thirst as you flat
shift like nothing on earth with that fanta flowing.
sweet i hope that helps.
choice from chris.

thanks Chris, I can't speak for slat pt but that really helped me out. I'm forever having troubles with the Fanta set-up, someone told me I should be using the new lime flavoured
Fanta and it has never run right since. anyway... what I wanted to know is; 1. Who has your old coupe? 2. Has it been bastardised? and 3. How much do they want for it if it hasn't?

Thanks to Chris and Chris to the explenation, and maybe you could tell me if i can install a electronic ignition, the type that is box between the points and coil??? or is not good
to a 1200??
Now to fanta issue here in Portugal we have SUMOL injection, its in 2 flavours, pineaple and orange, pineaple one leaves too much carbon on explosin chambers and so only use orange
one!!!
Bye and thankx one more!!!!!
Hugo Pereira

You have been smoking sheep droppings again...
I don't know what gets into you, but it makes me laugh.

I was half expecting you to correct my voltages, you being the mechanic amongst us, but instead we get another chapter in "advanced fanta injection tuning".

You know how people refer to road surface as "blue metal"...do you think if I used a large electro-magnet, placed under the floor, that I could get better handling without the use of
a 3 foot high boot-mounted wing to increase downforce??

Chris

ok bro i heard that he broke his arm cant work and has to sell it, ok its had a shed load done to it, been flared traditional 70s styles and full panel/paintect, painted artic white
i belive, i think its rolling body $4500 or something like that but if he can sell his engine then he will keep the body drive train ect as the cash from the engine will be enough.
im looking for another coupe aye :)
choice from chris.

nah bro i dont smoke anything man lol, im the general all round good guy aye cher cher :) yeah man ok if you insist i can correct your voltages, but only because you suggested it :) nana.
ok :) man im gonna love this :) righty :) cranking the engine only has max 12.6v available (this was your idea remember :) so there for battery voltage of 12.6 or less is on the coil, and the
other figure is roughly 9.5-10.5v ensuring constant sypply to the coil and by now the battery voltage is up at around 13.8v due to alternator supply :) sweet as bro :) but dont think im
finished yet as i belive you are also hinting at more fanta injection ins and outs for your system, ok from top secret satelite photos zoomed in by DLF techinical information, taken while
your bonnet was open and you were doing your oil change, they have determined the exact location of your fanta system and a 1:1 mock up has been constructed, i wont tell exact information as
yours is quite revolutionary, gravity feed at idle and slow speeds and ram air force-fed at highway speeds, and the pepsi spray mixer for your exhaust gasses has certianly put the DLF off
your true intentions for quite a while now i have heard, now the main down fall of the system is that your spark plugs arnt broken in for fanta, an idea floating round was to submerge a set
of plugs in fanta to get them used to the idea, and for goodness sake man talk to them! cars are talked to, wives are talked to but everyone neglects their spark plugs! they have so much to
share, i bet you start talking one on one with them, spend a little time, take it out on a date, (show it the datsun club!) man i bet, the moment you put them back together, 4 of the little
guys, in a saucer of fanta, they will have so much to share with each other that if left for a few hours in the hot sun, talking, drinking fanta they will pretty much drink it all! its all
about the love man, that goes for all of you! i can guarentee not one of you, (well apart from teretonga and linc) has ever spent a bit of time hanging with his spark plugs, go to it guys!
choice from chris.
PS lol :)

Yeah fully wired Chris - now that you told everyone I talk to my plugs I gotta give full props to Linc. I was in the desert, wandering, lost, hopeless; yay verily existing without direction,
just spinning my wheels, clutch dumping in false neutral when all of a sudden a nasally 'Strine voice spoke up saying 'bro it's the plugs - seek the plugs - they are worthy, worthy... Anyways
it was Linc who got me on the straight and narrow by telling me the deal about removing my plugs and letting them loose in a saucer of Fanta. The difference has been immense - an A series
renewal - a revival even. What I didn't know was that was only Step 1. When he reckoned I was performing that he exposed me to Step 2 which is Plug rotation - what I do is rotate a different
plug out of my daily commute. Today plug #3 spent the trip into the city in a saucer of fanta on the passengers seat. Plugs #1, #2, and #4 were really going for it. Just remember the fanta
bottle top must be screwed in the empty plug hole with the lead through the top to complete the cleansing. To my spiritually enlightened mind it sounded like a continuously functioning
blowoff valve. I didn't think I could get any more peaky but if I read between the lines of Chris's message it appears he knows about Step 3. What is it bro? Rotate 2 plugs at once - you're
spinning me out....

Yeah its all true. before i changed my engine, i used to rotate my plugs - but weekly. hence my engine felt left out, so cracked a ring.
i have actually run a LAN cable ( Category 6 - certified) between the plugs so they can converse freely, and back to a hub in the glove box, where i patch in satelite TV . I
also drilled into the head and added injectors just above the spark plug for the fanta injection.

The secret to a top engine is the same as a party...keep the drink flowing, and the guests (plugs) happy.

I dont smoke either.

Im just going to get another cookie now...

Cheers, Linc.