Subject: Pertronix
Author: Greg Field
Date: May 7, 2003, 9:14 AM
Post ID: 1712900588
They make one for the small Alfas. I wonder if it could be adapted to
the Loop distributor?
Who's gonna order one and try it?
GF
On Tuesday, May 6, 2003, at 10:54 PM, Jay Williams wrote:
| Going to digress a bit from bikes and talk about cars for a moment, but its relevant to the current discussion. I've ben fooling around with old cars even longer than with bikes. I used to be a big fan of points, for all the usual reasons. (Simple, tried and true, I don't need no mysterious voodoo electronics to complicate things, etc.) I always bought high quality points and kept them clean and gapped to spec. The points set ups always seemed to work well for me, and I saw zero reason to change. Then, a good friend with a car quite similar to mine practically insisted I try the new set-up he'd installed in his car, a little gizmo that fit under the distributor cap and replaced the points called a Pertronix Ignitor. To make a long story short, despite fresh, correctly gapped points in my distributor, installing his Pertronix system with NO other changes made a noticable difference. Not in power particularly,'though it certainly didn't hurt in that regard, but the engine idled smoother, started easier and was noticably more crisp through the rev range. I took his Pertronix out, reinstalled and gapped the points and the difference was patently obvious. I ordered my own unit and have been using it ever since. Ultimately I discovered that mileage had improved slightly. (Not that a '69 Cougar with a healthy 351 is a car for those particularly concerned about gas mileage.) Anyhow, This isn't a commercial for Pertronix, that just happens to be the points to electronic conversion I'm familiar with. And I'm certainly not endorsing whatever Harper's is selling. The Pertronix unit for a V8 engine cost about 1/5th of what Harper's is asking for their unit for a two-cylinder bike, which does seem a little out of whack. The point I'm trying to make is that the car ran and drove JUST FINE with the points. The electronic ignition still made a positive difference. Yes, I keep a set of points in the glove box, "just in case". But haven't needed them yet in over ten years. Its all a matter of personal preference, of course, but I'm another that will be curious to see how Allan's experiment works out. Jay Williams From: jason telford <jr-@avalon.net> Reply-To: Loopfram-@topica.com To: Loopfram-@topica.com Subject: RE: harpers electronic ignition Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 17:20:48 +0000 Oh, come on now. In the grand scheme of things, $300 isn't all that much and if it makes life easier in the long run, then go for it. Personally, I don't mind points. They seem to work fine for my needs, but I don't particularly enjoy setting them. I'm going to stick with them for now, but I am real curious how this experiment of Allan's turns out. Cheers, Jason _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus |