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Old Mar 17, 2012 | 04:18 PM
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I changed both my 61 and 65 to Mallory Unilites and have had module failures in both. No enhanced performance with the change at all. I carry a spare module when I drive them. I'm sticking with points in my 68. To me it's just more reliable and it's simple to maintain. Besides, I'm old school and like using my dwell meter .
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Old Mar 17, 2012 | 06:46 PM
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I would go with HEI, set it once and forget it forever.

Only failures I ever encountered were from a few of the old 74,75 units.
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Old Mar 17, 2012 | 07:31 PM
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LESS overall reliability than points


I lived thru the "points" years and low power coils.
Then 1 day I decided to switch to an HEI distributar and high power coil and saw the advantage.
Points should be seen in a museum with a sign that says" so old even a caveman switched"!!!!
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Vertex magnetojust don't touch it..it will knock you on your butt

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