[Healeys] Incompatibility Pertonix and Tach conversion

Alan Seigrist healey.nut at gmail.com
Fri Jul 29 07:22:51 MDT 2011


I did the neg conversion on my BJ8 and have no probs with the tach after
installing pertronix.  dead on.

On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Thomas J. Morrione <tjmorrio at colby.edu>wrote:

> Alan - thanks very much that's a big relief. Nisonger did ask me to
> specify what the electronic system was. I'll let the list know, however,
> if any problem arises when I do get to setting it up. I went with Pertonix
> because I thought it might be a bit simpler and I figured that I wouldn't
> really need the 123's variable settings.
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> On 7/29/11 8:02 AM, "Alan Seigrist" <healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Tom -
> >
> >If Nisonger converted your tach to negative ground, you shouldn't have
> >any problems.  Nisonger would have likely adjusted the tach for
> >Pertronix already.
> >
> >Alan
> >
> >
> >On 7/29/11, Thomas J. Morrione <tjmorrio at colby.edu> wrote:
> >> Kees,
> >>
> >> I'd appreciate it if you would  elaborate a bit on the ballast/wiring
> >> problems you noted when the Pertronix ignition was combined with the
> >> electronic tach conversion. I guess I'm headed for trouble in that I
> >>have
> >> (yet to install) a newly bought (last 6 months) for my 64 BJ8 Pertronix
> >> Flamethrower negative ground distributor and flamethrower coil (Moss
> >>40511 3
> >> ohm) and just received back from Nisonger  my cleaned up tach converted
> >>to
> >> electronic neg ground.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >> Tom
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