Alan, you mixed up something. David was the 'con-EI', I the 'pro-EI'.
Eric
Heinsberg/Germany
www.brits-n-pieces.com
123ignition dealership
Alan Seigrist Blue 100 wrote:
Eric -
...
So... your logic of not going EI because it is somehow "less reliable" than
points just doesn't add up in my experience.
...
Alan
On 10/2/06, Frenken, Eric <efrenken@lctax.de<mailto:efrenken@lctax.de>>
wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
> you're right, if the electronic ignition fails, you have no chance limping
> home. But then you should not drive your "everyday car", which surely has
> an
> "even more electronic" ignition, too far away from home. Do you have an
> explanation how comes that just electronic ignition lets you down at the
> most
> inopportune time and in the worst location and points treat drivers with
> more
> respect and let them down only in convenient situations?
>
> On the other side, in case your generator or dynamo breaks enroute, the
> electronic ignition will bring you a lot farther with the energy stored in
> your battery.
>
> The problems with the rotors are definitively a quality issue. Standard
> coils
> produce ~20,000 Volts, my high energy coil produces 40,000 Volts, and
> neither
> the rotor of my Mallory (with Pertronix) nor my current electronic
> ignition
> system (123ignition) has let me down once during the last years.
>
> Eric
> Heinsberg/Germany
> www.brits-n-pieces.com<http://www.brits-n-pieces.com/>
> (123ignition dealership)
>
>
>
> This is the reason that I try to stay away from the electronic
> ignition. Because when it fails and not IF it fails. It will let you
> down at the most inopertune time and in the worst location. Also
> there is no mickey mousing it to get it started. If point fail which
> they almost never do all you will need to do is open up the gap and
> start the motor. Also a lot of the problems with the rotors I think
> is due to the higher voltage of the electronic ignition.
>
>
>
> David Nock
> British Car Specialists
> Stockton Ca 95205
> 209-948-8767
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