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Old Jul 28, 2007 | 02:11 PM
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leading coil overheats

I am running a v3 msII with msextra firmware on an 88 13b.
Car runs great for about 10 minutes the falls flat.
I had to replace the leading coil due to a smoked power resistor in the bottom of the coil. (next to the ignter).
I had noticed the LED driving the leading coil pulses double time if not quad time on crank. (So fast at crank it looks as if the led is on solid.)
I believe this is the reason for the over heating coil. (On and above idle this may as well be a dead short.)
The question is how do I cut this pulse in half in megatune?
What setting may be causing this behaviour?

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Newmanmullen
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Old Jul 29, 2007 | 12:02 AM
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I know that if it were MS1, i'd check the dwell settings to make sure you arent over-charging the coil, and "stim-for-wheel" being on can cause the RPM signal to read much higher than it actually is, thus making it fire more sparks. I dont know the MS2 too well though, and am not sure if these settings would be appropriate for it
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Old Jul 29, 2007 | 09:40 AM
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Post your msq please.

Ken
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