I will try to find some higher voltage caps, I know my SCR is only rated for 400V as I could not get the 600V that was spec'd in jaguars build, jaguar also spec's 250V for the cap, either metalized polyester or metalized polypropylene which is supposed to be better for this application and is what I got. I tested my caps and they still measure 1.8uf, if they had failed would I still be getting this reading? Would the SCR fail in a wierd way working for a short time than dying than working some more?
I'm planning on removing the pot and installing 18 and 82 ohm resisters to keep it simpler while testing, and adding 1 more cap.
Yes the '79 dodge was 12 volt but the coil used a ballast resister to drop the 12v down to 6v, the coil is kinda big but i will eventually get a motorbike coil when its all working. Is there an ideal primary winding resistance, or can the CDI be matched to a coil, It would be neat to make a Coil On Plug setup, as I have a few, but they are 12v coils.
The weirdest thing is that it only runs for short bursts like there is something heating up or coming loose from the vibrations. I bet it will work when i try it tomorrow, its really frustrating to be so close and being such a simple machine there are not to many options the fix must be something simple.
I will take some pics of my setup, my CDI box really turned well now I just have to make it work well.
Thanks again to the people on this forum I could not have done it without you as a resource.