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Old 01-05-2004, 02:34 AM
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Electronic Ignition

Does anyone here recommend switching my 4.5 from points to electronic ignition? What are ups and downs to this?
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Old 01-05-2004, 02:41 AM
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Do a search with keyword of crane or pertronix.
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Old 01-05-2004, 08:59 AM
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YES,i have done the pertronics several times.i think the its a matter of choice on whats better crane or pertronics.i chose pertronics,very easy install.the one thing you want to do is either get a back up set of the one you choose or carry a set of old style points,rotor,etc in your glove box.if they fail on you and your not at home your S O L.with pertronics you can switch back to old style and get back on the road with very little trouble,i don't know about crane.

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Old 01-05-2004, 05:11 PM
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What type of Pertronix do you recommend?
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Old 01-05-2004, 05:13 PM
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Also, where can you buy this Pertronix equipment?
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I chose the Crain. Either one you will improve performance, my car is sooooo much smoother now than before. You will not go wrong with either one, my sence however is that the Crain is somewhat more relaible. Big tread on this board reguarding the two. Read them. You have a nice car, enjoy.
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you can contact them direct,and they will need the number off your dist.you can find them on the web.or try a local speed shop,they can order it for you.the last on i bought was about $100.00,i used my stock coil ,cap,wires.put the pertronix in and fired it up,ran great no problems.sorry i don't have thier web address.but they are in san dimas,ca.

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Tim, I chose the Pertonix Ignitor 11 and the corresponding 45,000 volt coil. Personally, I prefer the magnetic pickup over an optical simply because I felt that the magnetic would be less susceptible to potential dirt and oil films. Also, the Pertonix is all contained in the little black box that goes in the distributer. I suspect that either would be just fine.

I took me a bit of time to figure out how to run the wires so the transistor box was bypassed but aside from that it went fine.

For some reason, my vac retard stopped working but that seemed to have been a problem with the dust cover over the points jamming the module, once that was removed all was well.
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Old 01-05-2004, 10:59 PM
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Would this be best left up to a competent shop or are there some DIY pages. I drive a diesel and tim doesn't have much experience with cars. Neither of us even know what the transistor is!
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Old 01-05-2004, 11:00 PM
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OPh yeah, where is the number on the diff. We couldn't find it, but maybe because it is dirty.
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Old 01-05-2004, 11:07 PM
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"Also, where can you buy this Pertronix equipment?"

http://www.vintageperformance.com/retrorockets/credit.htm

"Tim, I chose the Pertonix Ignitor 11 and the corresponding 45,000 volt coil. Personally, I prefer the magnetic pickup over an optical simply because I felt "

If you have solid core wires (stock) let them know. They don't recomend the "11" unit for a stock setup.
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Old 01-06-2004, 08:36 AM
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ok ,here's the pertronixs contact info:

www.pertronixs.com
phone:1-909-599-5955

call them with your info
they can also tell you thier agent in your area
and tech help.

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Old 01-06-2004, 08:39 AM
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sorry about the link(first cup this morning)


try this:www.pertronix.com

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