Points to Pertronix

[Tsmith]

The only experience I have had with Pertronix is on another engine, a TR3a. It has been flawless for about 60,000 miles. I've used the Lucas coil, not the Pertronix. In the past 18 months, there have been several Pertronix coil failures...a bad batch, it would seem. The maker has been very responsive in replacing them, but until they solve the problem, it may be best to continue with your old coil. The TR coil is mounted to the engine block and subject to more vibration than a Series (imagine that!), so I may not be comparing apples to apples.

Tom Smith

[jac04]

In the past 18 months, there have been several Pertronix coil failures...a bad batch, it would seem. The maker has been very responsive in replacing them, but until they solve the problem, it may be best to continue with your old coil.

Tom-
Any more detailed info on this? Were they the regular 'Flame Thrower' oil-filled coils or the epoxy-filled ones? Only asking because I'm using an epoxy-filled Pertronix Flame thrower coil that I purchased about 6 months ago.

[ybt502r]

I run a Ducillier with Pertronix (all else stock). It's made a solid difference, and I could never see myself going back to points and condensor. It's been a couple years, and I've not really had to re-time the enigine since. I plan to give it a tune up this summer, so I'll look at it all, but it's worked so well that I've been very hesitant to "improve" it. Left it alone.

[2manykids4a7]

Ordered the part today (Pertronix D176600). If anyone else is thinking of doing the same switch I found a retailer that had a price-match guarantee and free shipping right now. So I found the best deal I could (which beat their price by about $50) gave them a call and sure enough they matched it.

Having heard such good feedback from those who have made the switch already I'm excited to see the difference. I'll post again once everything is done.

Steve..

[2manykids4a7]

The new pertronix distributor arrived the other day (took forever) and I had the chance to replace the old points one today. I work at the local community college so I took the Rover to work today and after teaching my class went by the automotive shop. This turned out to be a really good decision, the actual swap was very straight forward, after the switch it started right up and that was only after eyeballing it using the old one as a reference. It was running but not that well so the nice, knowledgeable guys there went about working on the timing. Everything is running pretty well but as always one job has opened the door to another!

The throttle shaft on the carb is worn, which if I understood correctly means that air can get into the carb thus making it run lean which would be another contributing factor to the exhaust popping sound. So moving forward my choices seem to be as follows.

1. Get the throttle shaft on the carb rebuilt. Trevor (the automotive teacher) recommended having this done by a professional as it requires some fairly specialized work to get new bushings put in place etc.

2. Get a new carb.

So I'm off to explore those options, cost etc. If anyone has thoughts I will start a new thread for advice etc.

Once I have all that taken care of I will complete this thread with my opinions on the pertronix. As of right now all I can say is the switch was easy and it hasn't made things worse.

Thanks in advance for any advice, help, questions. Steve..

P.S. One other issue we hit was when using the timing light we didn't get the best results with everything lined up. Trevor got it pretty well just by feel so we left it at that. I remember when I got the vehicle something about it being 12 degrees off. Any ideas?

[2manykids4a7]

So after replacing the old distributor and points with the Pertronix, and now replacing the old carb with a new one, the rover is (for now!) running better than ever. Because of the 2 problems I obviously can't say for sure the difference the Pertronix made over the points but I don't think it has hurt anything. If nothing else it should mean less maintenance in the future, so all in all I am glad that I made the switch.

Steve..

[bmohan55]

Thanks for the information, good to know. After my engine rebuild (spun bearing) I will be putting on a pertronix also...in for a penny in for a pound.

[disco2hse]

Mine is a Stage 1 V8 ex-FFR. It is still 24V. I have the Pertronix Flamethrower II coil and Ignitor II. Engine runs great and maintains spark and regularity throughout the rev range. Idle is stable and less loss of power on hills.