$110 for a Pertronix???? !!!!
Woah!
check out
http://www.vintageperformance.com/retrorockets/lucas.htm
more like $65.00
Also check out http://www.pertronix.com/home.htm they're
making
full distributors now as well.
Paul Tegler ptegler@cablespeed.com
www.teglerizer.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brinkman, Gerardo V"
<GB127167@exchange.DAYTONOH.NCR.com>
To: "The MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 10:57 AM
Subject: Pertronix vs Mallory Magnetic
> >Have been investigating switching my ignition system over
to a breakerless
> >setup for my 74 V8. I'm intending on using a Mallory
ignition control. To
> do
> >this it appears I will need to replace my Dual point
distributor with
> either
> >a Mallory Magnetic distributor ($320) or a Pertronix
device which will
> >require me to lock out the mechanical advance. It costs
$110. A big
> >difference! Anybody with practical experience tell me
whether or not there
> >is any difference worth the extra $. Oh, I also don't
want to lose the
> >vacumn advance in the distributor - anyone know if the
Pertronix affects
> >this?
>
> There is a great article in this month's Grassroots, where
they take a
> regular
> MGBGT and put it on a dyno. Then they add "external"
performance pieces to
> the engine and measure it again.
>
> Reprint from GRM:
> Basleine 56.8hp
> Add Petronix 61.1hp
> Add MSD 62.7hp
> Wires 62.7hp
> Petronix/MSD +30deg advance 64.3hp
> As above with K&N 65.9hp (+16% increase over baseline)
>
> .
>
> this is an ongoing exercise, and in the next issues they
are going to make
> more mods.
>
> gerry
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