ORIGINAL: Woketman
Andy, I can not recall if you stated what plugs you are using. Regular plugs are something like 1.5 volt plugs. The Rossi # 8s are 2.0 volts plugs. Matt said that the NovaRossis are high voltage too. Have you tried any of these higher voltage plugs? Perhaps they will work fine without burning out.
I had two rossi plugs that I bought from Dreamworks (for turbines). They both got toasted. I am installing the other ecu tonight. I have run 1.5 volt plugs in turbines before without any problems. I've even started them without pulling the elements out and even with idle bar type plugs. They shouldn't toast in a fraction of a second. Usually if the plug can't handle it, it will start one time and be dead on the next run.
Thanks for all of the replies guys. I think the problem will be resolved with the other ECU I installed tonight. I will deal with the paper wrapped AMT USA ECU later once I get the software to see what voltage it is set at.