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Mallory coil info needed

FM Former Member
Need some info/background on the old Mallory Voltmaster Series coil. I'm putting together a neat little single port VW engine for a friend using somewhat Ol' Skool speed equipment. Got the long block and intake all squared away, time for the ignition. I found an NOS Mallory dual-point distributor and just picked up a Mallory Voltmaster II coil set-up to go along with it.

I was wondering if anyone has any experience with these? I want to change out the high voltage wire going to the distributor cap for one of the same color as the wire set being used on the engine. Looks like just two screws will give me access to the block where the wire come out of, but I don't want to go in until I know what to expect.

Also wondering what resistor (if any) I'll need to get in order to have this work best. I remember that my big yellow Accel coil ruined a Pertronix unit before I got the right resistor for it.

Any help at all with the Mallory would be a BIG help.

Thanks !

TC
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FM Former Member
Need some info/background on the old Mallory Voltmaster Series coil. I'm putting together a neat little single port VW engine for a friend using somewhat Ol' Skool speed equipment. Got the long block and intake all squared away, time for the ignition. I found an NOS Mallory dual-point distributor and just picked up a Mallory Voltmaster II coil set-up to go along with it.

I was wondering if anyone has any experience with these? I want to change out the high voltage wire going to the distributor cap for one of the same color as the wire set being used on the engine. Looks like just two screws will give me access to the block where the wire come out of, but I don't want to go in until I know what to expect.

Also wondering what resistor (if any) I'll need to get in order to have this work best. I remember that my big yellow Accel coil ruined a Pertronix unit before I got the right resistor for it.

Any help at all with the Mallory would be a BIG help.

Thanks !

TC
FM Former Member
Thanks!

I tried emailing them and they answered that, because the coil was no longer sold, they didn't have any info available on it.

The HAMB had a wealth of stuff on the coil, resistor ohms, compatible distributors and such. Even mounting instructions for it. Seems that the high voltage lead has to face downwards. I've seen VW coils mounted up, down, and sideways as well on top of the shroud. Never would have guessed that the orientation would matter on the Voltmaster.

Anyway, all set, thanks.

edsnovaedsnovaBaltimore - BCW 52 MG TD Supporting Member
Big honkin' vats of PCBs (as in the old electric transformers) can give you chloracne--a nasty little skin condition--if you practically bathe in it. And if you're a big fan of seafood (and riverfood, in particular the top predators in same like stripers, some kinds of salmon) you can supposedly get a pretty good dose of PCBs in the red parts of their flesh, which isn't good (that's where a lot of the mercury is too, which is probably worse).

PCBs are bad for kids, especially in utero. Effects are persistent.

Cancer? Maybe, eventually, if you're eating and swimming in it over a long time. But if you're not, probably not.

Here's the skinny, for those who put their faith in science:

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/pcb/physiologic_effects.html

FM Former Member
Where I lived until I was 12, we had dirt roads which were sprayed down with oil (PCB) from the old transformers twice a year. Moms and Dads, kids and babies, pregnant women and toddlers all walked on, played in, fell down in, and breathed the road dirt and oil vapor all day and night. We got it on our hands as kids and put our hands in our mouths and got the dirt on our food and candy and such without thinking about it twice.

Just wondering about the possible damage if any, you know?
FM Former Member
I grew up on an extension of the same dirt road that TC lived on. Maybe that explains why . . .

I also worked for 7 years in a building where we MADE nuclear fuel for reactors. I was an equipment designer/engineer. The biggest freak-out I can remember is the day a transformer blew-out inside the fuel area and it started to leak oil. We had no idea of how to clean it up, or how to dispose of the damn remnants that were now contaminated by TWO sources. We finally called the county Haz Mat folks. Thank god the head plant electrician was on his game that day.
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