As far as I’m aware, all of the new boxes use a small transistor mounted somewhere inside the box, and that the transistor on the outside is actually fake and just for the look. The new ones can’t shock you for this reason, since the case of the “transistor”isn’t connected to the collector.
I've seen fake thrown around a lot. What does that mean, exactly? That the transistor doesn't look like one that somebody likes? I don't get it. If the thing WORKS, it's not fake. One of the doctors I see sometimes.......she has one of the best lookin sets of tits you will ever see.....and she loves to show um off. A friend of mine once said "you know they're fake, right?" To which I replied, "I bet you wouldn't say that if you had one in your mouth". It's all relative. Whose to say some of these so called "fake" transistors might not be as good or better than the original? I've not seen any failed HI Rev units as of yet. Not that that means a dang thing, but you'd figure if they were junk, people would be screamin and they're not.
Gotcha. Maybe I misunderstood hop’s post or thread about the transistor issue specifically. But I understand where you’re coming from. If it works and no one is upset then maybe they nailed it.
I think hoppy has warmed up to them a little. I know at first, he didn't like them.
Good considerations thank you!You can wipe out an HEI module just as easily as any other....
when you trigger a spark out of the coil secondary, you have what is much like a "recoil" type action in the primary... the action that creates the spark has a smaller reaction going the other way in the primary of the coil, that "kick" hits the ignition module. it can be 350 400 Volts
basically shoot that shotgun and you will feel it in your shoulder every time
your ignition module and your tacho is "the shoulder".
Harsh environment, made harsher by the way we dive our cars and what we make them do over and above going to the shops and visiting grandma....
on top of that i doubt the components used these days, were specifically off a production line making components for an ignition module, i.e selected specifically for the job. Modern components probably had aspirations to be in a PC power supply a nice HI-FI or part of a battery charger or some such.... not be stuck in a metal box in a hot engine bay after being covered in a nice big insulating gloop of epoxy resin
Dave
IMHO...
I agree. Redesigns normally ain't for OUR benefit. lol But as I said, I haven't seen a great many or any actually bad Hi Rev complaints. I'm sure there have been some. You'd think we'd read about it.
I burned out a High Rev in my Charger.
Good to know that you had an issue but have had others outside of this. Still interesting that the coil and resistor were right spec.
I do think the Hi Rev is the better one you can get now. Only heard of one fail but the guy was also running a .6 ohm coil. Remember also a chrome box or orange box aftermarket are definitely not the same *** a Mopar one. They basically are a stock box. Just helped a member over at FBO out he was killing coils. Weird one we went through his system could not find a thing. Sent him a tester Rob same as you have. Nada found. Hey rev it up and put a load on it with lights. SOB his alt was putting out 17VDC only under load. That was the issue. So that was a weird one.
Lordy. I don't know of anything that would have lasted long at that. lol
That's why I run a nice, chubby extra ground wire and mount it so there's a gap underneath for good air flow.
Basically a sorenson unit.
