Jeff and list,
I have been told if you go with electronic ignition, and then get a
hotter coil (which electronic ignition can control better), then open
the spark gap on the plugs up to take advantage of the hotter coil
(which you can do thanks to the hotter coil) you will see SOME
improvement in power. Without all three, the only advantage is as you
have seen... no worries about the dwell.
I can't verify this since my car is still on points, but it makes sense
that the only way to gain any power is by getting a hotter spark.
Let me know if you guys disagree, I am curious to the list wisdom (not
flames) on this myself as I am leaning towards the petronix on my cars
as well.
Patton (spouting other people's opinions)
Jeff Boatright wrote:
>
> Bob,
>
> I am using the Pertronix Ignitor with a Lucas Sport Coil. Installation was
> easy, but I drilled and tapped an additional screw hole to firmly position
> the pickup unit. I can't say that this setup has given me any benefits
> other than obviating the need to set dwell (points gap), which was my goal.
>
> Before making this change, you must switch to negative ground. There are
> instructions at several sites on the web. It's easy, takes about 10 minutes.
>
> I searched the web for comments on electronic ignition before doing this.
> There were no complaints about the Ignitor, but several about the Crane
> system; several failures due to heat and the (apparently) cheap optics
> wheel.
>
> Again, I don't think that you'll gain power. If you do, this would suggest
> that you have other problems (poor mixture, wobbly dizzy, etc) that the
> setup compensates for. Of course, simply compensating for the effects of
> some root problem isn't that bad, especially if the root problem is an
> expensive fix.
>
> Jeff
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