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#93669 12/01/2005 1:05 AM | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | what is the difference between the pertronix system vs the mallory, my mallory is pointless and no condenser, so what is the pertronix that I hear a lot about................thanks..Fred
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | |
#93670 12/01/2005 2:39 AM | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | Fred, The Pertronix is pointless too.   Stuart | | |
#93671 12/01/2005 3:01 AM | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 |
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | |
#93672 12/09/2005 12:47 AM | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 81 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 81 | the 63 continental i had was using a mallory points eliminator thing
the gritty details i don't know, and i'm not the one that did the install, but i think the mallory used an optic trigger whereas the pertronix is magnetic. | | |
#93673 12/09/2005 2:11 AM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 | Joker, you put the pertronix on a standard distributor and it replaces the points and other bits inside. It has a spining magnet and a pickup coil/brain thingy that fits entirely in the distributor. So it still looks stock, other than an extra wire coming out of the distributor (if you care). | | |
#93674 12/09/2005 2:25 AM | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 399 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 399 | I put a pertronix in my 54 235..All I did was take the cap off, removed rotor, removed condenser and points, replaced small screw in point plate, put in unit and replaced rotor..Wire from Pertronix goes to the coil..Started it up.
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#93675 12/11/2005 8:21 PM | Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 197 Member | | Member Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 197 | The Mallory Unilite has a MUCH hotter spark than the standard pertronix ignitor.
Jason
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#93676 12/11/2005 10:01 PM | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 |
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | |
#93677 12/13/2005 5:33 AM | Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 46 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 46 | Joker...I can't speak to the Mallory, but I've had the Pertronix in my '65 305E V6 for 4 years with not even a hint of trouble. Install was as easy as described above. 'Course, I'm keeping the old points just in case it fries someday, but I have faith in it. | | |
#93678 03/01/2006 9:54 PM | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 |
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 1 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 1 | Bringing an old post to life! Getting ready to purchase a pertronix kit for the 305 in my 67, original motor blew so the PO replaced it with a 305D if that makes a difference. A friend of mine is willing to offer me his 91162A Ignitor 2 for cheap if it works for my application.
Thank you in advance for any help you have to offer
Luke J McCain | | |
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