I installed the petronix unit & coil in my 63 Sport Fury with a 361 at least 6 or 7 years ago and have had flawless operation! I cant say it runs that much better than a well tuned point setup but it is a lot more dependable with extended plug life and no points to adjust again. My gas mileage is better, and I haven't touched an ignition part in the 6 or 7 years eather. The friend of mine that talked me into converting has had his for about 15 years in his 68 Road Runner with faultless operation. Just Do Not Remove the green tape around the base of the rotor!!! It holds the magnets in the slots that tell it when to fire. I like them so much they are in all my cars that use a distributor with 0 problems. As far as parts most speed shops at least in this area carry the parts, if in doubt get an extra rotor and throw it in your glove box, that's all I have heard any complaints about and mostly people removing the tape to see what is under it. Also if your going to show your car as stock they will deduct points for a MoPar electronic ignition pre 71 cars or with any external aftermarket unit. The petronix unit is all internal in the stock distributor & the coil with the sticker removed looks as stock as can be. Don't ask don't tell! Herb 1956 Plymouth Belvedere 361 1959 Coronet 326 Poly 1963 Fury 2D/HT 6.1 1963 Sport Fury Convertible 361 1970 Challenger RT 440 - Sold Today! 1999 Durango SLT 5.9 2008 SRT-8 Magnum 6.1 St. Louis, MO. http://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/mmo42009.html -------Original Message------- From: John Date: 3/19/2010 3:34:02 PM To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Ignition change benefits Bill, I have a stock 361 with stock dist. and points. I was thinking of putting in the petronix. Does it add alittle better performance? And I also heard that they can go bad. (as can the points) John Wask.... > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > From: Y1TopBanana73@xxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Ignition change benefits > Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:11:40 -0400 > > > I'm a firm believer that a hotter spark and multiple spark discharge > WILL help performance. Granted I've never owned a race car or anything > close to it, but when I have done ignition upgrades to vehivles, there > was a noticeable difference. Even adding MSD and a hotter coil to a > modern vehicle will be an improvement. Case in point-I had a 98 > Dakota, 5.2L, 5-spd, 3.55. I added an MSD and an accel super coil to > the system and it DEFINITELY had more power. Certainly wasn't worth 2 > sec in the 1/4 but the improvement was there. Same thing when I > upgraded the ignition in my Coronet-Pertronix + hotter coil=noticeable > improvement. > > > -- > Bill M > 65 Coronet 500 'vert http://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/mmo62008.html > 73 Dart Sport, 00 Cherokee Sport, 01 Dakota SLT > 21 Model T Depot Hack, 92 Accord, 06 Mazda 3 > > > ---- > Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! > > 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and http://www 1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/210850552/direct/01/ -- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ---- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and http://www 1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ---- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. This email was sent to: arc.6265@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx u/?bUrDWg.bSONJP.YXJjLjYy ?p=TEXFOOTER