Pertronix Ignitor III, any experience P-related or not? |
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Pertronix Ignitor III, any experience P-related or not? |
sportlicherFahrer |
Apr 6 2015, 06:15 PM
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Nothing to see here. Group: Members Posts: 1,072 Joined: 18-April 05 From: Tacoma, WA Member No.: 3,945 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Was checking up on ignition upgrades from Pertronix again and saw that they offer the Ignitor III for our vacuum dizzies now. Supposed to work like a box style ignition without the box(multiple spark, rev limiter). Did a search here and didn't see anything for that model. Anybody used an Ignitor III and have any useful feedback on or off a Porsche? Not looking for opinions on whether or not Pertronix belongs in our cars or not, just on the functionality of the Ignitor III. With that said, I know this may start a (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stromberg.gif) storm..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stirthepot.gif)
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SKL1 |
Apr 7 2015, 12:45 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,597 Joined: 19-February 11 From: north Scottsdale Member No.: 12,732 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Why would this be better than Permatune? I've had a Permatune on my '71 for years with no issues...
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Dave_Darling |
May 25 2015, 08:35 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,981 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California |
Why would this be better than Permatune? The Permatune is a Capacitive Discharge Ignition. It makes the spark hotter, and offloads a lot of the current flow from the points. It still uses points, but they pass a low "switching" current rather than the full ignition current. The Pertronix completely replaces the points, but does not change the way the ignition circuit works. It doesn't make the spark noticeably hotter, but it won't wear like points do. They're different bits doing different jobs. --DD |
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