RE: [Chrysler300] New Electronic Distributor - Without Points - 413

["'william ELDER' belder@xxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300]" <Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All:

 

I Installed a Pertronix conversion kit into the distributor on my 300C twenty five years ago and the car (now Bob Merritt’s) still runs perfectly.  When I bought my Ram K, I had dreams of long distance driving to meets.  My feet, diabetes, are not going to allow me to do that.  When it  got the car, it had an electronic , mechanical advance Mallory distributor.  It required a MSD 6AL control box to operate it.  The Mallory is obsolete, so I was wondering; what do I do if it quits on the road.  The car began to run rough and I had it painted.  That project lasted until just after Christmas, so Winter put the end to driving.  To support the Mallory, the car had a set of 10 MM. plug wires; which were incorrectly routed.  It turned out that 5 and 6 had burnt through on the exhaust manifolds.  I had planned a full engine clean up and detailing.  The Mallory was replaced with a Pertronix Igniter III billet, mechanical advance distributor and the matching coil..  The plug wires were replaced with a set of replica, except for the color, wires.  Besides the bad plug wires, the engine was surging up and down and I suspected it had a vacuum leak.  Because I planned on pulling the rams for detailing; I figured that if there was a vacuum leak, I would eliminate it.  Not so fast.   I threw everything but the kitchen sink at it with no improvement.  I even spent a fortune on an NOS stock distributor and after more frustration, I put an Igniter III electronic conversion in it.  This car had an engine overhaul, not too long ago.  It is running the Hughes George cam and a pair of Edelbrock 600 CFM electric choke carbs.  I had put a set of EC3 spark plugs in it.  After the Newport Meet, I came home and ran a compression check on the engine.  All cylinders were on the money; but the spark plugs were very sooty.  I changed the plugs to NGK Iridium ones,  I also overhauled the carbs.  I purchased a fuel pressure gauge that showed 9 PSI from the fuel pump.  Edelbrock carbs. don’t want to see over 6 pounds.  I installed a fuel pressure regulator in the system.  HE double hockey sticks. The same old same old.  Different times after a short drive, I would get a dead miss.  The culprit was always a plug wire hanging off the plug.  I always made sure the wires were pushed on to the plugs as far as I could and that means pulling the front wheels and the access panels.  I went to the Summit racing catalog and ordered a set of 8 MM, wires with 135 degree ceramic plug boots and 90 degree ends at the distributor.  SUM-888114 is their part number.  Happy days are here again.  For a year and a half I chased after problems caused by a set of NEW faulty spark plug wires.

 

300ly

bill

From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Nigel Wright nigelwright11@xxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300]
Sent: June 20, 2019 1:33 PM
To: Chrysler300 <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] New Electronic Distributor - Without Points - 413

 

  

In my 62 I have had the petronix Igniter III for about 4 years and it has been good - no problems.  Here is the link to the specific product:

 

https://pertronix.com/electronic-ignition-conversions?year=1962 <https://pertronix.com/electronic-ignition-conversions?year=1962&make=Chrysler&model=383-440cid.%20engine%20(including%20Hemi)#auto> &make=Chrysler&model=383-440cid.%20engine%20(including%20Hemi)#auto

 

I also used their coil (flame thrower III)





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