>I have found big performance gains from properly adjusted ignition points
>versus the breakerless ignition. And this is on three different roadster
>engines with three different Pertronix breakerless setups. If anyone has a
>way to set dwell on the Pertronix to get a better spark then I'd like to
>hear it. Pertronix setups just seem to provide anemic power.
Interesting that I wasn't even thinking about the Pertronix when I wrote
my previous post, rather just adapting one of the later Nissan units.
These also have bigger caps that tend to resist cracking and carbon
tracking better, particularly if you use OEM or the quality parts from
NAPA . Course the top of the line system would probably be the
Electromotive crankfire setup that does away completely with gears,
shafts and the distributor itself. Gross overkill for a street car and
not exactly original. ;>)
Bottom line, whatever you do, make sure that everything is right from a
mechanical and electrical standpoint. Too often folks tend to band aid
symptoms rather than find and resolve the root cause of a problem.
FWIW, Ron
Ronnie Day
ronday@home.com
Dallas/Ft. Worth
'71 510 2-dr (Prepared Class Autocrosser)
'73 510 2-dr (Street Toy)
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