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>-----------------
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