While I know the petronics kits don't come with the coil or input voltage. They do need both to make work right? The early kits came with instructions that were a bit confusing about which coil needed to be used with the kits and what input voltages were ok to use. 5 or 6 years ago if you looked around on the car sites many people were having coils and modules burn out because of either the wrong input voltage or coil was used. That is what I was trying to get across. clint
The Pertronix site recommends the Flame Thrower Coil with the right module. However, 74 and up Mav/Comet stock coils work fine but would not give the right amount of spark for full usage. Hell, just go on ebay and buy it from there if you can. Prices are much better compared to the actual site.
Use what coil the directions say. Back when people were having trouble I think it was the 1st kit they had and the directions were pretty flimsy on what coils to run or what resistor size and I think that was what casued a lot of failures. I don't think it really matters that much about what actually controls the coil. They are all just switches more or less right? Some are easier to tune the curves on such as the MSD. Clint
Pertronix uses a points type coil. There are different coils for different ignition types. They're not all interchangeable. I had trouble with the Duraspark in my Comet before I realized I had the wrong coil firing it.
When we picked up the V8 this weekend the guy told us it was bad. Sure enough, when it was pushed sideways it revved higher one direction than the other; whether it's the spider gear or the grommet/bushing inside we don't know. I could have gotten a new distributor base for around $40 but figured I wanted to upgrade anyway so yesterday I ordered a MSD Pro Billet from Summit Racing.
Is that the ready to run unit? Either way you can't go wrong. Great equipment and very easy to tailor your advance curve with it clint
