Pertronix Goin' In

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An MSD ignition (MSD-6) is a capacitive discharge type that uses points as a trigger. The low voltage means the points don't wear like they would with a regular ignition. Your best bet if you want to retain stock appearance is to use the Pertronix. If you're leery about it, or just want to be cautious, keep a set of points, a condensor, and a screwdriver in the glovebox. The Pertronix pops in and out as easy as changing points and can be replaced with points just that easy also. 

I looked at the kit page. There are a number of interesting auto related kits, and other kits. In fact, I book marked the page. Not to many kit makers around! Most of the kits are probably the same cost as production units, but there's just something about doing it yourself sometimes... 



Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 07:44:57 -0500 (EST)
From: Roger Blake <rogblake@xxxxxxxxx>
To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Pertronix Goin' In
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0511060738460.20297@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm planning to put a Pertronix ingnition (original
> style) in my 73 Javelin 304.  I have read the
> instructions and am aware that the unit needs a full
> 12 volts.  Where have other folks obtained the 12 volt
> source?

I put a Pertronix these in a '71 Ambassador and just ran a wire from
the fuse panel, from the ignition circuit. Works with no problems.

Another approach is to keep the points, but just use them as a trigger
for an electronic switching circuit. This eliminates the condensor,
and the points last a long time since they only carry a small amount of
current. A kit of this type can be found at:

   http://store.qkits.com/moreinfo.cfm/K2543

(I installed one of these on an old Subaru and it works great.)

-- 
   Roger Blake
   rogblake@xxxxxxxxx

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