Blue71 said:
...Does the EB start better with the ignition upgrade such as Petronix, Duraspark, etc? What are the benefits other than not having to change points. Does your motor run cleaner? More power?
I have the Pertronix unit and:
1. It starts almost instantaneously.
2. Runs much smoother, even during warmup.
3. Plugs seem to last much longer (Haven't changed in
at least 10k miles. With points I was lucky to get 7k miles.)
I bought the still available original Pertronix kit. Though my points are in the glove box in case it konks out on me, I have thought of just buying another original Pertronix unit to have on hand. That would put my cost at somewhere near $170 for both. I've been running the original now for more than 2 years with no indications that it's about to "die". So, I figure it's been worth the money for all the usual reasons. One must also remember that you don't need a different distributor (or even a different coil or plug wires) and you don't have a box you have to mount somewhere with the attendant wires to deal with.
Just my 2 cents.
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