pertronix upgrade?

[cfelton]

I put the Pertronix ignition and Flamethrower coil on my 170 a couple a years ago and it was probably the best upgrade I've done to it. What Spare said sounds right, I'll have to look at mine tommorrow. I know you don't need the resistor inline anymore, and watchout when replacing the distributor cap. I almost cut my wires the first time.

[926bill]

Thanks guys. I'll be working on it today.

BC

[926bill]

Cut open the wiring harness,traced all the wires to figure out where to splice,no big deal. Mounted new flamethrower coil. I took the distributor apart and guess what, the new ignitor mounting plate is1/4 in too big in diameter. I used a 1146a pertronix kit which is for a 470 mercruiser I guess I'll have to pull the distributor to see what I've got. Can't see any numbers on it the way it is. Maybe it's not a delco. Any ideas? Thanks.

BC

[spareparts]

should be a delco, post up a pic and I'll see if I can identify it

[926bill]

Thanks Spare, pulled the dist the tag says prestolite IBM 7026A 6J. Contacted Pertronix but won't hear from them untill tommorow or later. Can't find a part in their catalog to match that number. We'll see.

Thanks. BC

[spareparts]

somebody swapped that distributor in there, while you have teh point plate out, go ahead and check the weights and springs, make sure the roto will rotate on the advance shaft.

[926bill]

Will do.

Thanks BC