Pertronix rotor fitment

[remytherat]

i just installed the ignitor 2 kit on my 318, getting rid of the points. However, I can't get the rotor all the way on. It fits much tighter than the stock rotor and stops going down around 1/16" from where it should sit, preventing me from being able to get the cap on. Anyone else experience this?

 

[Jim Kueneman]

Never enough to not get it on all the way but yes I have had that struggle.

 

[67Dart273]

Lovely

 

[RustyRatRod]

Lovely

 

[Bewy]

Just ream out the rotor. You will want easy removal....ready for when the Pert fails.

 

[Jim Kueneman]

Just ream out the rotor. You will want easy removal....ready for when the Pert fails.

I hear that a lot but I have 4 of them in 4 cars and they have never left me stranded. It may be because I carry a spare one in the toolbox, and I leave in the ballast with the factory coil resistance to reduce the stresses on the module. There is no reason to have a setup that makes 40kV when the plug fires and clamps the voltage to about half that.

 

[Icetech]

Just ream out the rotor. You will want easy removal....ready for when the Pert fails.

pertronix have failure issues? I have a dist setup with it but haven't put it in yet...

 

[Jim Kueneman]

pertronix have failure issues? I have a dist setup with it but haven't put it in yet...

Have them in all my cars. Never have seen a failure. I retain the ballast with a stock coil resistance (from M&H as they are the correct diameter for the factory clamp) to reduce the stress on the module. That high voltage brochure sales pitch is nonsense as once the spark occurs the voltage is clamped. You don’t need any more voltage than it takes to fire the plug.

 

[Bewy]

I had a Pert fail on the test drive. GM HEI fixed the problem...

There was a gentleman around who [ thankfully ] doesn't post anymore, but used to post on various forums. David [ Dave ] Ray . I think he was in Ariz. Claimed he was an engineer who 'worked on the team' that developed HEI ign. Judging by some of the BS he used to post, I suspect his 'job' was to get the coffee...

He claimed he had 55 gal drum full of dead Pert modules...

 

[Bewy]

Jim,
Quite agree about 40kv [ 40,000 v ]. But 40kv looks much more impressive than the spark current of 0.15 amp. But the mugs take the bait....