I've had it fail on me twice, magnets come loose in the collar. Doesn't run
well when the cylinders are firing at random intervals. Points work just fine
for me.
>
> Greetings... I've used Pertronix on 2 cars and both eventually failed.
> After talking to the people at Pertronix, I've installed one in my 66 TR4a
> engine with the Pertronix coil as they the Ignitors seem to be somewhat
> sensitive
> to coil resistance. They also suggest but don't require radio suppression
> wires. The 66 now has Pertronix Ignitor and their coil and I converted to
>the
> MGB top entrance cap (using the Italian made bits from Autozone) with
> Magnecor wires. Works great. The thing that had the greatest impact on how
> the
> cars ran was getting the distributors rebuilt so no shaft slop and a proper
> curve. That made a bigger difference than just the Pertronix alone. The 61
> also has a rebuilt distributor and is running points (CarQuest Standard
>Motor
> Parts) but with the side entrance cap, Packard 440 wire and Rajah terminals
> (old hotrodder here) and it runs as well as the car with Pertronix. The big
> difference will be the need to fiddle with the points down the line. TJ
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