Pertronix Unit Bad
Burning Brakes
Joined: Feb 2004
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From: Ville de la Baie Quebec. A winner is just a loser who tried again.
lol,,, Do a serch on the subject, you'll find hundreds of threads....in retrospect,, its a good product, but keep a set of points in the glove compartement,, they do not give you any warning as of when they die.
Drifting
Joined: Dec 2002
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From: Long Beach CA
I've seen all of those threads too. For every person who says they had a failure, you'll find 100 people who have used them for years and years with no problems. It's a piece of electronics and, like any electronic device, it can fail. But the reliability seems to be way up there.
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 4,205
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From: Orange County Ca
I had 2 fail. With the origional Ignitor, I started having intermittant starting problems after about 10 mos., then out all together. I sent it back on warrantee and after about 3 weeks and a few calls, I upgraded to the Ignitor II and their super coil. It started to fail after about 6 mos. I now run points. There was no noticeable difference in performance, only slightly less maintanence then the points, but the point system is more reliable in my opinion.
I personally think this is a heat related problem. Vetts have a higher under hood temp then alot of cars. I know mine does, and I hear of more failures in vetts then in other cars. I run one in a Mustang (OMG), that I installed at about the time I installed the first one in my vette, and it runs well.
I personally think this is a heat related problem. Vetts have a higher under hood temp then alot of cars. I know mine does, and I hear of more failures in vetts then in other cars. I run one in a Mustang (OMG), that I installed at about the time I installed the first one in my vette, and it runs well.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 2,838
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From: Austin TX
I run it on four cars, two of which I've had since 2001. Never a problem. Seems people get in trouble with not running the correct voltage the coil. Our stock ignition only provided 6-8v to the coil. If you run 12v to a stock coil, you'll fry parts. Or, if you run 6-8v to the Petronix coil (which needs 12v) you'll encounter problems.
But I highly recommend the Pertronix Iginitor,..quicker starts, more juice to the plugs (with their Flame-Thrower coil), never needs adjusting, and I have SB Camaro that buzzes to 6500 and the Petronix never misses a beat,..(the other cars never see the dark side of 6000).
Good luck!
But I highly recommend the Pertronix Iginitor,..quicker starts, more juice to the plugs (with their Flame-Thrower coil), never needs adjusting, and I have SB Camaro that buzzes to 6500 and the Petronix never misses a beat,..(the other cars never see the dark side of 6000).
Good luck!
Instructor
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 177
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From: Toledo,Ohio,USA
I've been using the ignitor II for over four year now without a failure. I did have to add a MSD box when I added nitrous. I would get a small miss above 5500 RPMs with the nitrous on without the MSD box. If you look closely at there litrature the big improvement in dwell saturation time is below 4000 RPMs, by the time you go above 5000 its no better than points.
Just make sure you shim the end play in your distributor to spec, or you can damage the pick up. If I remember correctly its between .008 and.012. From the factory mine had .070 of play. Also you need to find a 12 volt source, not the current distributor supply lead since it runs through a resistor and gets knocked down to below 10 volts once the car starts.
Just make sure you shim the end play in your distributor to spec, or you can damage the pick up. If I remember correctly its between .008 and.012. From the factory mine had .070 of play. Also you need to find a 12 volt source, not the current distributor supply lead since it runs through a resistor and gets knocked down to below 10 volts once the car starts.
Racer
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 286
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From: Pensacola Fla
Petronix
I have been using it for six years now without any problems,had more problems with my MSD 6 AL box,twice in that same time frame.When I purchased my kit from Volunteer Corvette I got two of them one for a spare and I hope that it stays that way a spare in my storage compartment.I was concerned at converting thinking it would be a rip off and for me it has been an excellent performer.
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Racer
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 473
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From: New Port Richey FL
I went through 3 of these on my mustang before swapping back. Last time I had to push my car out of the drive through of a fast food joint... walk to the autoparts place... and spend 7 dollars to retrofit the old stuff. 7 bucks for points that work vs. 50 bucks for a breakerless system that still breaks. I'd spend the money on something else, because I won't be doing it again.