The Mopar style ignition will give the car a more authentic look under the hood. No matter what you do if you want to go down that road though, you will need to replace the distributor to one with a reluctor. A less expensive solution would be a Pertronix module that fits where the points are housed. It is a Hall effect sensor that simulates points but never requires setting or changing. They run for about 80 bucks at Summit. Chris Middlebrook 62 Custom Southampton --- On Wed 03/24, Woolf,Richard < richard.woolf@xxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote: From: Woolf,Richard [mailto: richard.woolf@xxxxxxxxxxxx] To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:24:28 -0500 Subject: RE: IML: Electronic Ignition There is nothing wrong with points. I had a set in my '59 Ford Station wagon<br>for 20 years, and the car always started and ran great. I would check the<br>dwell once a year, and how the contacts were. No problems at all. At least<br>with points you can work on them. If the electronic ignition fails your out<br>of luck stuck on the side of the road.<br><br>Rich Woolf<br>'66 Crown<br>'73 LeBaron<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]<br>Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 5:34 PM<br>To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<br>Subject: Re: IML: Electronic Ignition<br><br><br>Quoting Ken & Tracie <kjosephson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:<br><br>> Hi All,<br>> <br>> I would appreciate your thoughts, experiences and opinions on installing<br>> electronic ignition in my '68. Which would be best for the Imperial<br>> application, i.e., 440, stock cam, dual exhaust, 2.93 axle ratio. I want<br>to<br>> be sure I am using a distributor with the proper advance curve, both<br>> mechanical and vaccum.<br>> <br >> Thanks in advance for any replies.<br>> <br>> Ken Josephson<br>> Las Vegas, >Nevada<br>> '68 Crown Four Door Hardtop<br>> <br>Ken, what are you expecting >to get out of the electronic ignition? If you<br>expect to get less >maintenance that with the points, then just use whatever<br>will get you the >closest spark advance curve as stock (however, the points<br>in<br>these cars >last a long time, and they are not that hard to set due to the<br>location of >the distributor). If you are expecting more power, you won't<br>get<br>any >more power. The potentially stronger ignition may help you in >certain<br>extreme cases like a very hard cold start without choke or >something. In<br>normal operation (including WOT) the stock ignition is >sufficient.<br>Remember,<br>all the ignition does is light your fire. It >either works, or it doesn't<br>(if<br>it doesn't, you experience missfire, in >which case you have an >ignition<br>malfunction).<br><br>D^2<br><br><br>----------------- >http://www.imperialclub.com -----------------<br>This message wa s sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please <br>reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be <br>shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the<br>Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<br>To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm<br><br><br>----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com -----------------<br>This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please <br>reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be <br>shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the<br>Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<br>To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm<br><br> _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!