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Is the coil on a 1966 Toronado externinal regulated? If so where is that external regulator? and what does it look like? Thanks in advance.

Sorry I meant to ask if the coil is externaly "Resisted".....Is the coil externaly resisted? and if so where is it? and what does the external resister look like? Thanks

GM uses a "resistor wire" instead of a plain wire with a discrete resistor.

The wire will be fabric-covered.

Personally I highly recommend replacing it with a modern system. If you can live with the non-original look go with an HEI distributor, if you require stock appearance go with a modern points replacement module that keeps the distributor looking stock while replacing the internals with a modern pointless pickup.

Keep in mind that HEI means High Energy Ignition and it produces a better spark which improves performance. You can implement the same thing with the alternative, it just costs more and takes more parts.

Say, did you ever find that resister? I'm swapping my ignition over to Pertronix Ignitor II, and am all done except for bypassing the resistance wire.

It goes right into a black wrap just an inch or two away, and I followed it all the way to the fuse block, but I don't see it exposed. And I really don't want to slice open that entire wrap to look for it...

Just a general where-abouts would be appreciated if you know it. My service manual has it in the wiring diagram, but it doesn't show where it is in the car itself...

The wire is the resistor.

See this site for more details:

http://www.oldengine.org/unfaq/hei.htm

Oh... Damn... I thought it would just be a short length somewhere in-line... Well, that makes things a little more difficult...

Thanks for the link!

All the more reason to dump the points or cheap electronic conversion, and go with an HEI or other full-voltage ignition system that will not fry at 18+ volts.

Better spark, too.

HEI is the way to go on these cars. I installed an HEI Distributor on my '67 Deluxe and was even able to slightly modify the dual snorkel aircleaner to make it fit - looks stock, performs better....

TxGr8White wrote:HEI is the way to go on these cars. I installed an HEI Distributor on my '67 Deluxe and was even able to slightly modify the dual snorkel aircleaner to make it fit - looks stock, performs better....

I'll get to that when I rebuild my engine, for now, the electronic conversion will suffice quite nicely.