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Jason,the current draw must be very low,it's just a electronic switch.why try Pertronix? Why not I guess,lol.My 37 has has 3 different types of trannys,at least 7 carb sets ups on 2 different manifolds and a water pump conversion on it's 261 engine.All in the last 6 years since I built the truck.I enjoy trying out modifications,see what happens.
So far I'ver learned my 261 needs no more than a 390 Holley to run it's best,the water pump conversion from the low mounted 59 style pump to a 216 higher mounted pump is well worth the work. And on this engine, the HEI or the Pertronix runs exactly the same as the stock single points recurved advance distributer .On the somewhat stock 261 in my wife's 51, the Pertronix conversion is a little smoother than either the points or the HEI.All this probably depends on many variables,condition of the distributer,how well the points are adjusted, etc.I did a few HEI conversion for people, they loved em, I got tired of the big ugly cap,lol.And it's just more complication that doesn't add a thing to the performance,the simplier,the better.
