tclederman writes, "...this also used tobe mentioned in the installation instructions but it is no longer there?"
Don't know. I have never personally worked with a Pertronix. A majority of people love those systems but there are enough problems reported to exercise some caution.
Reads to me when a full ignition system is upgraded, coil, wires, plugs and the Pertronix, there are no problems. Seems an "all or nothing" thing on this.
My best guess is the shorter dwell radically alters the timing point compared to a stock ignition. Might be this is customers do not think to carefully time their engines after installation.
Again, when "all" is done right with a Pertronix, appears to be no problems. I am taking those negative reports with a grain of salt, no telling what people actually do in cases like this.
For old inline six cylinders, I stick with stock ignition systems, not going to get much of a performance boost out of those little engines. For high performance small blocks, I go all the way to a MSD ignition system; those make a dramatic positive difference.
Billyray
Last edited by Billyray; 04/03/2010 5:53 PM.
