Mallory Ignition ACCEL 49260 User Manual

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ACCEL #49260 AFTERBURNER

SWITCHABLE STREET/STRIP IGNITION

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

FORM 1585 10/04

GENERAL INFORMATION

By reading these instructions before starting the installation will ensure
that you will be able to take maximum advantage of all the performance
that your ACCEL #49260 Afterburner Switchable Street/Strip Ignition was
designed to deliver.

Due to the high-energy output, ACCEL #49260 Afterburner Switchable
Street/Strip Ignition is supplied with and ACCEL 8.8mm Spiral core
universal coil wire lead.

Because of it’s unique design the ACCEL #49260 Afterburner
Switchable Street/Strip Ignition can NOT be run with any type of
aftermarket CD or Inductive storage ignition control box. The ACCEL
#49260 Afterburner Switchable Street/Strip Ignition can NOT be used
on the vehicle if it is equipped with a CD type ignition system.

Step #1

Choose an area on the firewall or fender well where the ACCEL #49260
Afterburner Switchable Street/Strip Ignition can be mounted with no
interference from the linkage, air conditioning lines, heater hoses, etc.
and no further than 24" away from the distributor. Please note that the
ACCEL #49260 Afterburner Switchable Street/Strip Ignition will most
likely not fit into your original coil’s mounting location.

Caution: Before drilling holes, please check and be aware of what
you are drilling into. Be sure not to damage a component that
maybe under or in line with a mounting hole.

Step #2

The ACCEL #49260 Afterburner Switchable Street/Strip Ignition comes
with two pigtail harnesses. The pigtail harness with the red and black
pigtail leads is for battery power supply and ground, while the pigtail
harness with the white and yellow leads is for the trigger signal.

The red lead goes directly to the battery positive.

Do not hook the red
lead up to a switched ignition circuit; it must be connected to the
battery positive.

The black lead needs to be connected to a good

chassis ground.

Do not hook the black lead up using the engine
block as a ground, just in case your vehicle may have an issue with
the engine block to chassis ground straps.

Use the ring terminal in

the hardware kit to make these connections.

The yellow lead is the coil positive (+) while the white lead is the coil
switched negative (–) trigger lead. After determining which leads in the
OE harness are the coil positive (+) and the coil switched negative (–),
cut off the OE coil connector and using the insulated butt splice
connectors supplied in the hardware kit, splice the ACCEL pig tail
harness into the vehicles harness. After crimping the insulated butt splice
connectors, use a heat gun to carefully heat the insulated butt splice
connectors to shrink the sleeves and make weather tight seals.

Once the pigtail harnesses are wired in, plug them into the corresponding
harness connectors on the ACCEL #49260 Afterburner Switchable
Street/Strip Ignition. DO NOT FORCE these connectors as they are
designed to be inserted only one way.

Note: Carefully route the ACCEL #49260 Afterburner Switchable
Street/Strip Ignition pigtail harnesses away from any linkage, air
conditioning lines, heater hoses, exhaust manifolds, etc. by using the
mounting hardware included in the kit.

Step #3

Mount the ACCEL #49260 Afterburner Switchable Street/Strip Ignition
using the fasteners enclosed hard ware kit.

Step #4

Measure the coil wire to the correct length by connecting the ACCEL

8.8mm Spiral coil universal coil wire to the ACCEL #49260 Afterburner
Switchable Street/Strip Ignition’s tower and measure the length needed
to the distributor cap. Once the correct length is determined, cut and
terminate (see Step #5) with the supplied hardware kit.

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MEASURE WIRE TO CORRECT LENGTH

Operation of the ACCEL #49260 Dual Mode
Switchable SuperCoil

The ACCEL #49260 Afterburner Switchable Street/Strip Ignition should be
run in the non-armed street mode for normal every day vehicle use.
When there is a need for additional ignition power, such as with the use
of power adders, at the drag strip or when towing, you can then switch
the ACCEL #49260 Afterburner Switchable Street/Strip Ignition into it’s
armed high output track mode. Simply flip up the arming switch cover
and throw the switch. The LED light will be activated to let you know the
high output circuitry has been energized and the coil is armed. You now
have up to 60% or more ignition secondary energy at your disposal.

To return the ACCEL #49260 Afterburner Switchable Street/Strip Ignition
to its non armed street mode, simply flip the arming switch cover down.
This turns off the arming switch and the LED armed indicator will also
be extinguished.

WARNING

Make sure the engine is not running when you change the ACCEL
#49260 Afterburner Switchable Street/Strip Ignition from one mode
to the other. Doing so can cause an ignition miss and/or engine
back fire, which can damage the intake and exhaust systems. Only
change the ACCEL #49260 Afterburner Switchable Street/Strip
Ignition mode when the engine is off!

NOTE: Due to the high energy out put level of the circuitry in the ACCEL

#49260 Afterburner Switchable Street/Strip Ignition, you should not run
in the coil in the armed high output track mode continuously. You should
also not run the coil in the armed high output track mode when the
engine is being operated at low RPM levels for any extended periods of
time, such as idling. Doing so may over heat and damage the coil and
void your product warranty.

Make sure the arming switch is in the non-armed street mode when the
vehicle is parked for any length of time. If the coil is left in the armed
high output track mode, there will be a small power drain due to the
high output circuit being left in the energized state.

Step #5

Carefully strip the coil lead to expose 1/2" to 5/8" of conductor core.

DO NOT SLIT OR DAMAGE THE CORE

DO NOT SHRED NOR SEPARATE THE SPIRAL WRAPPED CONDUCTOR
FROM THE CORE

Bend the conductor over the wire and insert into the terminal.

Bend the terminal tabs over with pliers and/or an ignition wire
crimping tool.

Note: For best results, use an ACCEL #170036 or 170037
crimping tool.

Lightly lubricate the terminal with dielectric grease and slide the wire
into the HEI boot. A small amount of dielectric grease may also be
applied inside on the boots ends the help stop any high voltage leakage.
Be sure you have made a good connection with the terminal and the
boot. You should recheck the connection periodically. If the contact in
the distributor cap or on the ACCEL #49260 Afterburner Switchable
Street/Strip Ignition “appears corroded” you may have a poor connection.

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ACCEL IS A DIVISION OF THE MR. GASKET PERFORMANCE GROUP
10601 MEMPHIS AVE #12, CLEVELAND, OH 44144

216.688.8300 FAX [phone]

FORM 1585

10/04

Made in U.S.A.

Printed in U.S.A.

www.accel-ignition.com

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