Dave,
Maybe I'm alone in going with points over Pertronics. Perhaps if I used a
hotter coil and knew how to tweak a Pertronics, the performance might come
close to what I get with points.
After rebuilding my U20, the engine was running great. Smooth idle, quick
acceleration, due to most things on the engine being fresh. With about 100
miles on it, I put in a Pertronics and the engine response was sluggish
compared to before. I tried changing the timing, regapping the plugs, and
tweaking the carbs but it didn't help. I happily re-installed the points.
Thousands of miles later they are still fine.
This wasn't my first exposure to Pertronics. My '66 1600 had one and it's
performance was sluggish also, compared to my '70 1600 with points. And the
'66 1600 had been recently rebuilt.
I like the points as it gives me more control over tuning. Does anyone
know of a how-to site for using the Pertronics, with performance
comparisons to points?
Fred
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> Subject: Re: dwell adjustment
> Author: "David R. Conrad" <conrad1@gte.net>
> Date: 5/12/2000 9:42 AM
>
> Tom:
>
> There has been a lot of recent discussion on the list after I simply
> mentioned that I had Pertronics in the question of dwell adjustment.
>
> I think that the "list" discussion speaks for itself; that is, think
> most users are pretty favorable towards it. Just getting rid of the
> points and the need for replacement/adjustment alone, in my
> estimation is reason for going for it (Pertronics).
>
> Hard for me to say, from a performance aspect, that it's made a big
> difference, because I was doing a lot of things about the same time
> (carb & valve adj., new plugs, etc.) resulted overall in the car,
> "running a LOT BETTER than it had in a long time", and still does.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Dave
>
> '68 1600
> Kailua-Kona
>
> Tomet9@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Conrad,
>>
>> Am a new member of the list and just wanted to know if
> installing a > petronics over stock points is that much more
> noticable when driving. I used > to have a allison pointless on my Z
> years ago, how different is this one?
>> Would appreciate a response if you have time.
>> Thanks,
>> Tom, 69/2.0
>>
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