Ignition Ballast Resistor???

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IGNITION RESISTOR
I am inquiring about the ceramic resistor in the ignition system and am wondering if Mangustas have one in the engine compartment and if so where is it?

I know a number of cars have had fire problems and if the resistor is one of the fire dangers along with the headers and fuel line.

I have one, it is just rear of the carburetor and am changing to a coil with the included resistor. Every time I drive my car after thinking about it I worry about that little red hot glowing wire back there close to the carburetor.

DICK RUZZIN

Reposting this from a different thread. Steve

5/17/125:06 PM

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Hi Dick, my ballast is fitted on the inner guard as far back as possible from the fuel tank.
Nearly to the cutout for the wheel arch.
This I think is original, as my car has not been altered as far as I can tell.

Kind Regards

Terry

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5/22/124:33 PM

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mangustaMember

Dick, All,
Meant to post this back when I moved this post!

I believe, and I am not 100% certain of this, but I believe that it is possible that DeTomaso simply put 12V coils in the cars that didn't have resistor wire from the ignition switch to the coil. OR, they simply may have connected +12V to the Ford coil and proceeded to cook the snot out of them....much like I did when I first started working to get my car running.

I cured this by simply using the Duraspark II coil which is made to tolerate a full +12V to the coil, when I installed my Ford electronic ignition system (DuraSpark II). I did wire in a bypass relay so that the coil gets a full +12V from the battery upon cranking, when the starter would tend to drag the voltage down.

Works like a champ!
Steve

6/11/125:02 PM

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