As I mentioned in my long-winded post, if a coil is for points ignitions it is going to be either a 1 Ohm to 2 Ohm ballast coil or it is going to be a nominal 3 Ohm standard coil.
If your universal coil is a 3 Ohm coil AND you bypassed the bypass resistor... you have converted your ballast ignition system to a standard ignition system. In that case you certainly would not expect to see any change in performance unless you live in a very cold climate and found the engine was harder to start.
You also mentioned that your coil failed. Keep in mind that if your coil failed AFTER you bypassed the bypass resistor, that is one of the failure modes I warned about. Running a ballast coil without the ballast resistor allows too much current to flow resulting in premature failure of the ignition components including the coil.
Doug L.
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: My ballast resistor went bad 20 yrs ago.
: I bypassed it and I did not notice a
: difference. By the way, my coil also
: broke so I have a universal coil I m
: using.
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: Can't give you a direct answer, I don't
: use mallory ignitions, not that there
: is anything wrong with them.
: It probably uses an internally
: ballasted coil, you could do a google
: search on your coil to see if it is or
: not.
: Glen
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: Hi again.
: I have another issue now. Still
: getting ready to fire up this thing and
: am finishing up the wiring and plumbing
: and I've run into the ballast resistor
: and locating it. And more than anything
: else, is it necessary?? I have a
: mallory electronic ignition with a
: Bosch coil and I've heard that with
: electronic ign. you don't need a
: resistor. Is this true or just a
: "great idea"?
: Thanks P.J.
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