[Healeys] Missing under Load

[Bob Spidell]

Hi David, 

Assume you meant copper, not steel, but I've used copper stranded wires with a stock coil and a Pertronix for (at least) 60K miles without so much as a miss (got plenty when I used suppression wires, though). I'm talking hard miles, too; just got back from a 3,106 mile road trip through the Southwest. I did get passed by a McLaren and a Ferrari Scuderia, but can't blame my ignition for that. 

If you're thinking the noise in the copper wires could affect the Pertronix, I suppose it's possible but I believe the internals are fairly simple and robust (probably a Hall-Effect switch and a power transistor). 

Bob 


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You must not use steel core wires with a Pertronix ignition. It can cause intermittent miss fires in ignition. You will need to install a TR6 distributor car and carbon wires. 
David Nock 
healeydoc at sbcglobal.net 
209 948 8767 
www.britishcarspecialists.com 

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