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Re: Pertronix Ignitor & Distributor

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Subject: Re: Pertronix Ignitor & Distributor
From: "Terry L. Thompson" <tlt@digex.net>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 14:30:02 -0400
Since Joe brought back the subject of Dizzy's. Is there a decent economical
dizzy to replace the stock distributor on a spitfire other than the Mallory
dual point? Any other options, like buying an aftermarket, electronic (no
point) distributor.

(The mallory is a pretty unit, but then you wind-up spending another $100+
turning it into an electronic ignition.)

Terry L. Thompson
'76 Spitfire (with earlier point dizzy)
Maryland

At 10:22 AM 8/5/99 -0700, you wrote:
>
>Thanks to everyone who responded to my query.  I think Andy nailed it
>right on the nose.  Although that sure seems to be quite a high price to
>pay for some adapter stuff.  I would think that the electronics would be
>the same regardless of the application, but perhaps I am wrong.  Lord
>knows it wouldn't be the first time.
>
>Regards,Joe
>
>Andrew Mace wrote:
>> 
>> On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Joe Curry wrote:
>> 
>> > I was just looking through the VB catalog and find they now list the
>> > above mentioned part.  Looking at the pricing, I see that the price of
>> > the one for 75-80 Spits is $89.95.  But the earlier models (Delco
>> > Distributor) is $149.95!  What gives here?
>> >
>> > Can anybody tell me why they are charging so much more for that
>> > application?
>> 
>> Because it's a conversion from points-type ignition as opposed to an
>> "upgrade" of an existing electronic unit?
>> 
>> --Andy
>
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