Hey everyone I am think about changing my 74 comet from points to electronic. Any sujections would help. It is a 302 with a mild cam and headers. This car is driven very little we use it mosty for cruzins no racing just pleasure. What donor cars or engines do I need,or do you suggest new parts. I also am goint to change my wife 74 mav from a 200 to a 250 is there electronic parts available for this motor. It will be a daily driver. Thanks for your help. I will be gone for a couple of hours will check back this afternoon. Dean
do a search on "pertronix"...been happy with it in a bunch of cars, trucks and motorcycles...frank...
Isn't the pertronix something you can just drop into the existing distributor, or am I thinking of something else...? I saw a small box that you pull the points out, and replace with this little box. I will see if I can find where that was and put it up here, unless it is the Pertronix everyone is talking about.
Yea Scott, that's the Pertronix. I am running the Duraspark II ignition and am extreamly happy with it. It gives you a little hotter spark and retards the ignition autmatically when turning the motor over which makes the car start very easily when it's hot. I got all my parts from the junk yard. You really can't go wrong with either. The Pertronix is easiest to install. The Duraspark II you gotta replace your distributor, mount the module somewhere under the hood and then wire it up. It's still not really hard though. I could convert a car to Duraspark in less then 30 minutes with all the parts in hand.
OK guys, I always ask this...Jegs or Summitt part numbers, please? I have found a couple, but they are Jeg's off-brand or non-pertronix, but likely the same thing. price? My points are new, and work fine, but I know how they are...
Jeg's part # 751-1281 Summit # PNX-1281 That's for the original Ignitor unit. Double check with the companies to make sure the numbers are up to date. Sometimes they change numbers in newer catalogs.
Pertronix Ignitor # 1281 Electronic Ignition Conversion Kit,Ford V-8 1974-57 Other products by Pertronix Ignitor See larger image Share your own customer images td.productLabel { font-weight: bold; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 5px; } table.product { border: 0px; padding: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; }Price:$63.95 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days. Ships from and sold by Warehouse Auto Parts.
So if I understand you guys corectly I do not have to replace the distr. with the Pertronix system and the performance is good?? DeanQUOTE=Comet155] Pertronix Ignitor # 1281 Electronic Ignition Conversion Kit,Ford V-8 1974-57 Other products by Pertronix Ignitor See larger image Share your own customer images td.productLabel { font-weight: bold; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 5px; } table.product { border: 0px; padding: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; }Price:$63.95 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days. Ships from and sold by Warehouse Auto Parts.[/QUOTE]
All that stuff is too expensive. Try this: http://www.speedwaymotors.com/xq/aspx/display_id.1692/qx/Product.htm
i bought a complete MSD ignition system.... Pro bilelt distributor... msd 6a box... blaster SS coil and 8.8 msd wires... for about 600 or so... and i gained at least .4-.6 in the 1/4 mile
ummm, two things t.l. with the stock dist and a pertronix you can go back to points in an emergency. the second is H.E.I. sucks big time. definately something gm can keep.
What I can see is the hei will be at least 200 bills, the pertronix will be 100 at most. For the application I want I believe this is the way I will go. Dean
