Pertronix again!

6R07K · February 13, 2011 at 5:15 PM

G'day Everyone

I know this topic has been done to death, but after reading everything I could find for a week. I just seem to be going in circles making a decision!

My car long before I got it has been running a Pertronix ignitor 1 and standard coil with the resistor wire in place. Not the fastest starter but its ok, performance has been fine and Rally pac functioning. Anyway my coil died the other week and since the new coil has been in I've noticed some hesitation, so its been put to me the ignitor may have suffer some damage when the coil went.

So I figure I have 3 choices as I like the stock look:

1) Just get a new ignitor 1 and hopefully every thing will return to normal and be happy with that.

2) Upgrade to the ignitor 2 so I have adaptive dwell, keep the resistor wire but get a 12v source to the ignitor module.

3) Upgrade to the ignitor 3 which I really like because it has rev limiter and multi spark. Only problem with this is the rally pac as it seems I would need 12v at the coil then. A lot of people say they have had a rally pac on 12v for years! Now that maybe one thing but will the rally pac be happy with multi spark?

All I really need is someone who can confirm running ignitor 3 with an original rally pac and how it was done?

Cheers

Ben

5boltK_old · February 16, 2011 at 3:45 PM

Call Petronix. I've talked to them before on the differences between the Petronix I & II. I felt they were honest and basically used common sense. I'm sure they can answer your question about III.

289kford · February 16, 2011 at 4:01 PM

If you do use the III, let us know the results. I like the idea of the rev limiter.

I thought I saw some posts that the repro coils are trouble.

Edited by - 289kford on 02/16/2011 16:03:10

6R07K · February 16, 2011 at 6:40 PM

I'm confident the III will do its job very we'll. The Rally Pac being happy is the question.

I've seen supposed email from Pertronix saying basically its not possible for the Rally Pac to work, but on the other hand I've heard from owners that say its working on their vehicle and not even feeding 12v to the coil or module!

Guess it comes down to quality of wirng...

s2ms · February 16, 2011 at 11:07 PM

Speaking from experience....if you decide to use a Pertronix in any configuration, keep your original distributor plate with points, condenser, etc. handy in the car. It can be reinstalled in 10-15 minutes in case of a failure.

C6ZZKGT · February 17, 2011 at 8:24 AM Official Post

+1 on keeping your original pieces in the Kar in case of a failure. I have had to replace a couple of the ignitors on customers cars. Thankfully mine has held up well. Maybe that is because I am prepared with my spare parts? <img src=images/icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle> My Pertronix has been in my Kar for over 20 years now.

-Fred-

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