Thread: Ballast Resistor? or Not?

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Originally Posted by rdobbs

Well, I am by far no expert on any of this, but I have run MSD Dist
with their box and a Blaster 2 coil since 1997 on both small and big
block chev and I have never had a problem. I thru the resister away
long ago..Did not know Msd made in Mexico, guess I should read more,
but then if it works for me, I'm happy.

not sure on the box but the blaster coil is made in mexico

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

not sure on the box but the blaster coil is made in mexico

Yeah Pat, those must have been the "high quality" ones. Today looked at MSD Blaster 2 coil, damn it, Made in CHINA. I guess they had to cut costs. I talked to MSD today, they say don't need no stinking ballast. But guess what that guy doesn't even know how they are wired, he says ballast only reduces voltage to points or trigger device, but if you look at a stock wiring diagram or the MSD instruction sheet, the ballast is inbetween the 12v wire comming from ign switch and the + term on coil, so the voltage is dropped to the coil. The coil is not operating on 12 volts. So I am not sure he knows what he is talking about.

So no point's........... screw the ballast..........if the coil burns out send it back to f.........ing CHINA. Now some engineer at MSD knows the true answer, but you don't talk to them, you talk to some smuck who answers your question off a list, if your question ain't on the list you get no answer. And my accel, CHINA, coil is 1.5 ohm, so according to accel's specs it needs no ballast resistor. Do you know any coil's made in USA? I should get off my soap box, but I get so irratated, these companies were founded by hot rodders, they knew the products and they were made for performance, now it's all about margin and outsourcing.............................