Pertronix Ignitor

[Snake72]

Rich, I clicked on your link to your 65 Chevelle...Beautiful car, great history!

Took the advice, just ordered the Ignitor I, coil, and their factory look flamethrower plug wires. Thanks all for the responses

[Rich69shortfleet]

Originally Posted by Snake72

Rich, I clicked on your link to your 65 Chevelle...Beautiful car, great history!

Took the advice, just ordered the Ignitor I, coil, and their factory look flamethrower plug wires. Thanks all for the responses

Thanks for the kind comment on the Chevelle.

As far as the Ignitor I, just be sure to follow their directions carefully when it comes to setting the gap between the ignition pulse ring and the pickup coil. If your distributor has a lot of up and down movement you do need to pull it and shim it until you limit that movement to stock specs as mentioned in the instructions. Too much up and down movement and the pickup coil will not read the ring properly and it can misfire. You of course also don't want the gap so tight that the ring can physically touch the pickup coil.

Given the long reach to the distributor in our trucks, it would be a lot easier to set up the Pertronix if you pull the distributor but you CAN do it with the distributor in the engine. Again, just make sure you check the gaps appropriately and you'll be all set. There are a few tiny little nuts and washers involved as well as running a few wires and that can be difficult to manage given the long reach to the distributor and the dark spot the distributor is in.

[Snake72]

Yep I watched a set up video on how to shim for ring and pick up clearing, seems pretty straight forward but I'll find a way to mess something up haha.

Pulling the distributor will be no problem, set the initial timing at #1 TDC and set it in but the front clip is still off, access is easy yet. Still need to finish carb rebuild and hook up all the wiring/plumbing/exhaust etc before firing but its getting closer. The truck is 2 hours away at my father in laws shop so unfortunately I cant tinker every day. I'd probably be divorced if it was at my house...

Just put the cab on this weekend, nice sight to see!