Electronic Ignition Upgrade
 

I'm looking into buying one of these electronic ignition conversion kits from pertronix http://www.pertronix.com/ignition_pr.../ignitor_2.htm
to replace the old dual point distributors I have in my boat. Has anyone had any experience with them? if so what do you think?

Re: Electronic Ignition Upgrade
 

I have converted approx 100 old points distributors to petronix systems. They work good but always carry a spare unit because they will sometimes fail out of the blue. I have even had two NG right out of the box. You will need to feed them straight 12 volts for power instead of the resisted ( lowered ) voltage your points dist is probably using. I would suggest new 12volt coils as well to simplify things.

Re: Electronic Ignition Upgrade
 

Thanks airpacker, I've actually been researching them quite a bit and I've never read anything really bad about them plus they have to work better than the points. I have the new coils sitting on my cupboard now the only thing I'm not sure about is: where is the best place to tie into the harness to get the full 12v to the coil? Currently there is only about 4.8v at the coil :eek: which probably explains why it is hard to start sometimes.

Re: Electronic Ignition Upgrade
 

I agree with the reliability of the pertronix. Used them before, but just had a friend order the Crane version. It also has a built in rev limiter for the same price. 15 minute installation.

http://www.cranecams.com/index.php?s...lvl=5&prt=1973