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Re: Ballast resistor wiring with electronic ignition?
« Reply #15 on: November 02, 2011 - 08:12:56 PM »
Thanks that orange wire on the lower left goes to the choke. It appears to be wired to the wrong side.




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Re: Ballast resistor wiring with electronic ignition?
« Reply #16 on: November 02, 2011 - 08:21:42 PM »
Okay, stupid question but Should I have a 5 pin ecu for the electronic ignition? What about that orange ecu I have seen? Is it better? :clueless:

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Re: Ballast resistor wiring with electronic ignition?
« Reply #17 on: November 02, 2011 - 11:57:10 PM »
the older ECUs used the ballast to drop voltage externally , all the newer ECUs have a resister internally so they only have 4 pins , electronics have come a long way in 40 years , they should be able to make a far better ECU by now but maybe there is not enough market to justify it  :dunno:

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Re: Ballast resistor wiring with electronic ignition?
« Reply #18 on: November 03, 2011 - 01:32:41 AM »
I say stick with the 4 pin.  Looks like you have a chrome box or chrome lookalike?  That should be good enough.  There should be a diagram for a 4 pin somewhere on this forum. 

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Re: Ballast resistor wiring with electronic ignition?
« Reply #19 on: November 03, 2011 - 04:45:07 AM »
Cool I will stick with the 4 pin and get a 2 way ballast resistor. Thanks!
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