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Ive been told that by using these I can eliminate the ballast resistor all together.
Can anyone confirm this please?
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0Z.Z1R Mk2 wrote: Going to use some green Dyna Dual Output 3.0 Ohm Coils on the 1980 Z1R Mk11.
Ive been told that by using these I can eliminate the ballast resistor all together.
Can anyone confirm this please?
Is Dyna-S ignition fitted to replace the stock Kawasaki ignition?
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I presume its the stock system fitted.
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The green Dyna coil has primary winding resistance of 3Ω, and is designed to work with the Dyna-S ignition which eliminates the stock I.C. igniter and the stock resistor.
Where a Dyna-S ignition is used to replace the stock ignition, the stock coils are usually also replaced with Dyna green 3Ω coils.
Usually doesn't hurt anything to fit a higher ohm coil than designed (other than slightly weaker plug spark).
But it's generally ill-advised to replace an existing ignition coil with one of less resistance.
I don't know whether the stock 1.2Ω~1.9Ω coil plus the stock 1.5Ω~1.9Ω resistor would be okay to run with the Dyna-S ignition absent the I.C. igniter.
The ignition, either stock or Dyna-S, may be found located under the points cover situated on the right side of the engine.
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The factory ignition will use 2.2 -ohm Dyna gray coils.
The Dyna S needs the green 3 ohm coils.
1981 KZ550 D1 gpz.
Kz550 valve train warning.
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Quote z1 enterprises.
www.z1enterprises.com/Dyna-Dual-Output-3...s-pair-DC11-210.aspx
3.0 Ohm greenies (above link) should do it for you.
You can run 2.2 Ohm coils if you want to keep the ballast resistor. You simply eliminate it from the system if you want to use the 3.0 Ohm green coils..
www.z1enterprises.com/Dyna-Dual-Output-2...-pair-DC41-1306.aspx
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...For some Kawasaki bikes with a resistor in the circuit (KZ1000 79 & 80), the 3 ohm coil is the best choice - just remove the ballast resistor from the circuit....
Wonder why Kawasaki didn't simply fit the higher resistance coils in the first place instead of using lower resistance coils that required a resistor?
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Patton wrote: Z1E listing for Dyna green 3 ohm coil says,
...For some Kawasaki bikes with a resistor in the circuit (KZ1000 79 & 80), the 3 ohm coil is the best choice - just remove the ballast resistor from the circuit....
Wonder why Kawasaki didn't simply fit the higher resistance coils in the first place instead of using lower resistance coils that required a resistor?
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My guess is the answer involves flyback (reverse emf) energy and a lot more math than I'm interested in reading :laugh:
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74 Z1-A stock
76 KZ-900 Totaly stock vice MAC pipe
77 KZ-1000A stock
78 Z1-R 100%MINT 500 original Mi.
78 Z1-R Yoshi 1103 kit stage 1 cams Yoshi pipe. Etc
79 KZ-1300 (1400)
80 KZ-1300
81 Scratch built GPz1150R
82 KZ1000
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Do we know for a fact that the earlier (some 1980 or earlier) style factory igniter cannot use a 2.3 ohm coil?
Since it's the shape of the rotor and pickup signal that will determine the dwell, I would assume the dwell design is the same for all of the mechanical-advance, factory electronic ignitions. We just need someone with a dwell meter and a early ignition bike to confirm the dwell.
In my opinion, if you have those factory pickups, you should be using original 2.3 ohm coils, or the Dyna 2.2 ohm coils. The 3-ohm coils take longer to charge, so at the higher RPMs and wider throttle openings, the coils may not have enough time to charge to spark. This is especially true if the plug gap is larger than normal.
Since the igniter is easily replaced, and cheap to make, it's not a big risk to use the gray Dyna 2.2 ohm coil on any of the KZ electronic ignitions without a ballast resistor.
None of the 2.2, 2.3, or 3.0 ohm coils should use a resistor in the primary circuit. (Ballast type resistor or otherwise.)
This is for the inline-4 KZ's.
By the way, it doesn't help that some of the factory service manuals, and the parts fiches, have the info messed up. The 550 A1 is shown with one points coil, and one igniter coil. :blink:
1981 KZ550 D1 gpz.
Kz550 valve train warning.
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74 Z1-A stock
76 KZ-900 Totaly stock vice MAC pipe
77 KZ-1000A stock
78 Z1-R 100%MINT 500 original Mi.
78 Z1-R Yoshi 1103 kit stage 1 cams Yoshi pipe. Etc
79 KZ-1300 (1400)
80 KZ-1300
81 Scratch built GPz1150R
82 KZ1000
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