nd or kok condensers. are they interchangeable?

[brand new bike zealot]

The title pretty much sums up the question, you can read my "550 ran awesome yesterday, today, won't start. any ideas?" post if you want to see what my problem is.

Turns out the reason the condensers I ordered don't fit properly is because they are kok and not nd. Anyone know if this will result in catastrophe for my ill tempered ignition system?

$120 for a dyna system is looking pretty attractive...

[TheCafeKid]

The title pretty much sums up the question, you can read my "550 ran awesome yesterday, today, won't start. any ideas?" post if you want to see what my problem is.

Turns out the reason the condensers I ordered don't fit properly is because they are kok and not nd. Anyone know if this will result in catastrophe for my ill tempered ignition system?

$120 for a dyna system is looking pretty attractive...

Simply put: No. I happen to have a set of ND points and condensors new in the box, and as I am getting ready to toss in a Dyna S myself, I will have no use for them. Lemme know if you are interested.

[TheCafeKid]

The title pretty much sums up the question, you can read my "550 ran awesome yesterday, today, won't start. any ideas?" post if you want to see what my problem is.

Turns out the reason the condensers I ordered don't fit properly is because they are kok and not nd. Anyone know if this will result in catastrophe for my ill tempered ignition system?

$120 for a dyna system is looking pretty attractive...

Also, when swapping to a Dyna S, you will need to spend at least a LIL bit more, as if you use the stock coils, you'll need to put a 2ohm balast resistor in the system as well, or risk burning your coils/ignition out. Not too expensive, and the other alternative is to swap to Dyna 3 ohm coils, and skip the balast resistor (and from what i am told, get a better spark condition from it as well)

[SqDancerLynn1]

USe an old 70's mopar, ign resistor, one siide 1.8 ohms. Just a few $ at autozone or PepBoys

[TheCafeKid]

Well for that matter, you can pull an N1Elkyfan and use GM dual output coils on the bike as well. Lil bit of a pain to figure out where to mount them where they dont stick out like a sore thumb, but he did it, and they worked, and i think he paid something like 20-30 bucks for TWO new coils??

[Nessism]

Don't mean to sound contrary but the Dyna S is designed for use with the stock coils - anything from 3 to 5 ohms resistance is fine. Early GS coils for points ignition have approx. 4.5 ohms of resistance so you are good to go. A ballist resistor is recommended to increase resistance when using late model 2 ohm coils with a Dyna S.

Hope this helps.