d.p.n.s Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 Hi .I have an atom x and a ford 4.1 250 xflow. I just want to make sure that the Ford TFI dizzy with hall effect is a good enough trigger for it. I'm also running BA falcon coil on plug ( I know that both injection and spark will be batch fired). Thanks for your time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adamw Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 You can get the TFI distributor with 4, 6 & 8 teeth - so provided you have the 6 tooth one it will work as a trigger. The BA coils are dont have ignitors built in so you will need a separate external ignitor to run those - most likely two x 3 channel modules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted June 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Adamw said: You can get the TFI distributor with 4, 6 & 8 teeth - so provided you have the 6 tooth one it will work as a trigger. The BA coils are dont have ignitors built in so you will need a separate external ignitor to run those - most likely two x 3 channel modules. That's awesome...cheers... Would I get away with 1 x3 channel ignitor with batch fired coils? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adamw Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 8 hours ago, d.p.n.s said: Would I get away with 1 x3 channel ignitor with batch fired coils? No, a single channel is only capable of driving a single coil. You could use a 3 channel ignitor if you had 3 "dual post" coils, but not 6 individual coils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dx4picco Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 what problem can it make to run 6 coils with one 3 channel ignitier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adamw Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 Most igniters will current limit at about 7A. So if they don’t happen to fry themselves straight away then you will only have about 3.5A available to charge each coil, it’s going to be a very weak spark. dx4picco 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dx4picco Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 Yeah okay, that makes sens. I'm asking because a friend of mine is doing that on his motor and tend to fry it every 12 months. I'm gonna tell him that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted June 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 Ahh I see so if I went with the other option of the falcon coil pack I could just use the 1x 3 channel ignitor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adamw Posted June 21, 2020 Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 9 hours ago, d.p.n.s said: Ahh I see so if I went with the other option of the falcon coil pack I could just use the 1x 3 channel ignitor? Correct. Another option to look at is VW 0986221015. These are a 6 cyl wasted spark coil with ignitor built in, so no need for an external ignitor. You can often get the whole coil for less than the cost of an ignitor. d.p.n.s 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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