First Light- Bad Results!

["Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>]

Original poster: "Jake Draper by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <cybermecium2-at-home-dot-com>

Hi, I'm the 13 year old on the list and just finished my first Tesla coil
today. I turned it on and got bad results, about 1cm hair-thin sparks off the
top wire. Here are the specifications for this coil:
 
Power Source: 12V ignition coil
Primary Capacitor: 2 Salt water beer bottle caps
Primary Coil: 4 turns of TV Coax Cable
Secondary Coil: ~1000 turns (forgot how many) on a 2"x8" plastic         form.
Spark Gap: 2 bolts on metal L brackets, adjustable from 3 inches to        
touching
Ground: I didn't connect it to RF ground, I just drew sparks from the    
bottom of the seconday to the top.
Topload: None, just a wire sticking out.
 
So what should I do to make this coil run at it's full potential BESIDES
getting an NST?
 
_________________________________________________
IncrediMail - Email has finally evolved -
<http://www.incredimail-dot-com/imstampa.html>Click Here