Electronic Ignition

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

I am in agreement with Richard on this. If I was driving the Imperial everyday, 
I might chose to  convert to electronic ignition for ease of maintenance, but 
even in that case, points worked just fine. If the system is in good condition, 
points last plenty long and work plenty well. If you don't maintain the system, 
they will eventually wear out, just like the rest of us, but you might be able 
to get home with a file, a match book cover, and a screw driver. With 
electronic ignition, when it fails, you are dead in the water. Please notice 
that I said "when" and not "if". Everything will fail eventually, even 
electronic ignition. 

Paul

In a message dated 3/24/2004 6:24:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
richard.woolf@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> 
> 
> There is nothing wrong with points. I had a set in my '59 Ford Station wagon
> for 20 years, and the car always started and ran great. I would check the
> dwell once a year, and how the contacts were. No problems at all. At least
> with points you can work on them. If the electronic ignition fails your out
> of luck stuck on the side of the road.
> 
> Rich Woolf
> '66 Crown
> '73 LeBaron
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 5:34 PM
> To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: IML: Electronic Ignition
> 
> 
> Quoting Ken & Tracie <kjosephson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I would appreciate your thoughts, experiences and opinions on installing
> > electronic ignition in my '68. Which would be best for the Imperial
> > application, i.e., 440, stock cam, dual exhaust, 2.93 axle ratio. I want
> to
> > be sure I am using a distributor with the proper advance curve, both
> > mechanical and vaccum.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for any replies.
> > 
> > Ken Josephson
> > Las Vegas, Nevada
> > '68 Crown Four Door Hardtop
> > 
> Ken, what are you expecting to get out of the electronic ignition?  If you
> expect to get less maintenance that with the points, then just use whatever
> will get you the closest spark advance curve as stock (however, the points
> in
> these cars last a long time, and they are not that hard to set due to the
> location of the distributor).  If you are expecting more power, you won't
> get
> any more power.  The potentially stronger ignition may help you in certain
> extreme cases like a very hard cold start without choke or something.  In
> normal operation (including WOT) the stock ignition is sufficient.
> Remember,
> all the ignition does is light your fire.  It either works, or it doesn't
> (if
> it doesn't, you experience missfire, in which case you have an ignition
> malfunction).
> 
> D^2
> 
>