high energy coil w/ remote ignition

[king bee66]

my ballast resistor literally broke and i was wondering if i could replace the entire assembly with a high energy coil.  ive currently got a stock remote ignition.

 

what wiring would i have to modify to do this correctly, on the diagrams ive seen, the resistors have fewer connections than that came with my vehicle

 

here is what i have

 

 

as opposed to all of the other representations ive seen look more similar to this

 

[datzenmike]

my ballast resistor literally broke and i was wondering if i could replace the entire assembly with a high energy coil.

All you need is a factory EI coil used after '77. Just order a '79 S-10 (200sx) coil and you ar good to go. Don't bother with aftermarket coils that are long on hype and short on any improvement. Get whichever is cheaper.  

 

 

ive currently got a stock remote ignition.

 

Yes but is it in and running?

 

You have the '78 remote igniter distributor like this?...

 

It needs the remote igniter box mounted under the dash> like this?...

 

 

 

what wiring would i have to modify to do this correctly, on the diagrams ive seen, the resistors have fewer connections than that came with my vehicle

Need the above question answered first.

 

And a picture of your wires to the coil.

[king bee66]

yea was all together and running before the ballast broke.

 

ive got a cali '76 that came with the remote distributor installed from factory, this is the transistor ign that i have 

 

from my FSM

 

[datzenmike]

Yeah, California emissions had them from around '76 or so on. Federal was '78 only and matchbox '79 and '80.

 

L (blue) turns on and off to fire the coil.

 

BW (Black/White stripe) is power to the remote and the + side of coil

BR (Brown/Red stripe) is the start position on the ignition and must also go to the + side of the coil

 

That's it. Disconnect and remove the rest.

[king bee66]

great!

 

thanks dm