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Herb, you mention an important point that I've totally forgotten about in
my previous posts on the subject. The ballast resistor is no longer needed
with electronic ignitions! In fact, it is detremental to them as they
Require a full 12 volt power input. You are also correct that the ballast
resistor can be easily "bypassed" for outward originallity.
ddonner
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2015 1:42 AM
Subject: RE: electronic
distributor.
I don't want to step on anyones toe's or feelings, or restart any
Pertronix wars, I have Pertronix units in eight
of my point type cars, some close to or more than 10 trouble free
years. I think the biggest mistakes I have found people make,
is running them at low voltage through the ballast resister.
Pertronix units run on 12v, and will start crapping out at 8v
or less. I have never tested it, but it would make sense that as
engine compartment temps go up resistance in the resistor will increase,
lowering voltage even further to the Pertronix unit leaving you on
the side of the road because there is not enough volts to run
it. To keep a stock look I recycle old defective
ballast resistors and solder a jumper wire across the two leads
from behind. When reinstalled, it looks stock, but the neat
little unseen secret is your 12v in & 12v out across the
resistor. One other issue is the adjustment slot is to short
for some distributors and needs to be lengthened with a small round
file. I believe that problem is a distributor quality
control related issue and not a pertronix issue.
People open the gap as far as they can and just leave it out of
adjustment with too small of a gap. I'm by no means
saying Pertronix units are bullet proof, but I have retrieved
several presumed defective units from friends trash cans, when properly
installed, they have worked just fine for me. And
then again my cars were running fine with points before the
conversion. I like the idea of not having to adjust points or
timing when tuning my cars now. If this is of any significance, I
get a matching pertronix coil and remove their label to keep a
stock look on all my installs. I do get quicker starts, a
little better performance and better gas mileage using Pertronix
set-up's.
I am rather perplexed about people not seeing any Pertronix
units used on LA, Wedges or HEMI's................I guess your
saying, because You, have not seen one, the installs just
don't exist?? Much to my surprise I have A, LA, B & a
HEMI running Pertronix units. Now if your talking about LA Wedge
& Gen III HEMIs a Pertronix unit is impossible to be used on G III
HEMIs & for the most part impractical on any LA newer than
1970. Another reason you don't see them, there is nothing to see
looking at the surface, it's all internal. I believe it has been
covered but Pertronix units replace points, they don't fix other
mechanical issues present before it's installation, so it sounds
like your buddy has bigger issues that need to
be rectified especially if his Pertronix unit was properly
installed. Thems Just my 2¢
BTW my biggest reason for using Pertronix & single field
Alternators is I want my cars to look like Mom MoPar intended
for them to look when I open my hood. Not with extra goofy
psychedelic colored boxes hanging any kind of way under my hood
(-; OK that's Me, and You own your car and can do anything to
it that brings joy to your heart, Ma MoPar be dammed.
Herb
1954 DeSoto Firedome Estate Wagon
276 HEMI
1956 Plymouth Belvedere 361
4-Sale
1959 Dodge Coronet 326
Poly
1960 Chrysler Valiant V100
Wagon 170 3 speed
1961 Plymouth Sport Suburban
Wagon 318 Poly
1961 Plymouth Valiant V200
Wagon 170
1961 Dodge Dart Pioneer Wagon
318 Poly
1963 Plymouth Fury 2D/HT 7.0L Gen
III HEMI
1963 Plymouth Sport Fury
Convertible 361
1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst
440
1979 Dodge Aspen Sport Wagon
360
1999 Durango SLT 5.9L
2008 SRT-8 Magnum 6.1L
2014 Dodge Journey
St. Louis, MO.
&
-------Original Message-------
Date: 5/9/2015
5:05:47 PM
Subject: RE:
electronic distributor.
I've read about so
many people getting stranded after the Pertronix conversion
on this very web site alone that I have opted not to buy
their junk. My buddy is another guy who did the
conversion and, while it so far hasn't left him stranded, it hasn't
done anything for his hard starting problems or performance.
Thems is my two pennies.
From: roland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To:
1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: electronic
distributor. Date: Sat, 9 May 2015 13:40:20 -0500
If
the Pertronix was that good, how come we don’t see any on LA, wedge and
Hemi engines? And you still have a 50 year old distributor and
advance curves-both vacuum and centrifugal… Not trying to condemn-I’m
always open for education don’t ya know?
From:
1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
micher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2015 1:10
PM
To: 'Paul L. Http://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-le' Via
The 1962 To 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse
Subject: Re:
electronic distributor.
The quick, easy, and low cost way is to put
a Pertronix conversion in your distributor. This is commonly
done................................MO
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