Now, I am going to post this BEFORE I watch the video. I installed a Pertronix Igniter electronic ignition on my '76 Honda CB-750-Four and it was the best thing I ever did! I bought the bike in Toledo, Ohio, rode it to Pittsburg where I met up with my friend Roy, and he rode his '73 Moto Guzzi 850T to Florida with me. I had had a continuing problem with the fucking points on this bike and I replaced them and set them correctly to no avail; Moisture got into the case somehow and always fouled them, so when I was at my parents house in Temperance, Michigan just north of Toledo, I installed the Pertronix kit for this bike. I never had a problem again! But my buddy Roy? He got to Jacksonville and then his bike started backfiring. We pulled into a gas station just south of town and the owner was there and had files in his pickup. We filed the points down and that allowed him to make it to his parents place in Daytona, where we spent the night. That wasn't my first experience with Pertronix. My dad helped my buy a '77 Volkswagen Rabbit in 1984 when I was getting ready for college at the age of 18. About two months after we bought it in 1984, it gave us fits and it was the points causing trouble. The shop manager recommended Pertronix, and it solved the problem permanently. [The '77 Rabbit? At the time my dad drove an '80 Chevette, which was a complete slug. The Rabbit on the other hand was a little tiger; Half the days of the two months I had left of high school, I would walk out the door and find it gone; Dad had taken it to work and I was stuck with his damn Chevette, he liked the Rabbit so much~]

this is a great resource! lots of stuff I didn't know. thanks for sharing, bud

One thing you did not mention about the plugs... if you are running a high energy 0,3 ohms coils, you need to increase the plug gap to gain the full benefits. Another reason why you just can't leave the plugs alone when going back to standard ignition "on the side of the road". I run points and a vintage Delta CD system, with a 1,8 ohm Bosch red coil (NLA by the way) and plugs gapped at .030. One nice thing about the Delta CD is the switch... should it fail, one click and I'm back to standard ignition. It will get me home. One problem we have today for vintage cars is the poor quality of replacement ignition points and condensers: that alone is a reason to switch to electronics. I use NOS parts - they last forever with the CD system.

I think I'll just stick with the old points system. Sure enough if it happened to me it'd be just before a down pour or something. Good job getting your's sorted though, sounds very healthy.

I installed HEI using a 4 pin GM ignition module by Pertronic. I had three (!!) fail on me. Being the second and third modules were "new", i ruled the modules and pulled out all my hair trying to find the problem. Pertronix didn’t want to hear it at all, their customer service is the worst.

I put the pertronix flame thrower distributor in my 68 396 Camaro been working great for about 5 thousand miles, now I'm feeling a little nervous, keep the videos coming

3 Faulty Pertronix kits put my GTO on a rollback 4 times! Back to points. Pertronix sucks!!!

I run Old Pertronix units, never a failure in 35yrs. That is with copper core wires, and German Bosch Blue coils. Original German Bosch VW SVDA distributors on Everything long before the "Trend" started. I do admit to keeping a fully built, timed and ready distributor in the Box of Tricks in the vehicles. But never needed it and it's only there from ALL the fails I have read about. Long ago bought a pile of 126 VW Industrial engines somewhere and received a box that must have 30 more Old units, NFS👍 Right, Wrong? It Works.

I make a habit of giving an opinion over telling people what to do. That being the case, I think your new set up is the way to go. With all the effort you've put into the stock dual carbs, a stock dizzy with vacuum is definitely what I would choose to run. Those VW engineers knew what they were doing! And think, if you run a stock dizzy then you really do only need to carry a spare points set and a condenser!

Twice I've installed Pertronix ignitions on my cars, and both of them failed and left me stranded. Never again. I live in the Rocky Mountains where it's often 100 miles or more between towns. Can you imagine the cost of a 100 mile tow? What if it happens during a blizzard? How will you stay warm if you can't run your heater? How will you stay alive? Despite their advertising, Pertronix never did anything to improve the cars' performance.

Great video, thanks for sharing. Im still running with points in my 66 bus, and so far not had issues. I considered the Petronics system but was scared off by having to buy everything (coil, leads, etc) (I'm cheap btw) but mainly by what you've displayed here. I recently had someone try and persuade me with the 123 Ignition distributor. Becoming popular here in UK. Have you looked at this?

Wouldn't it be easier to just carry a spare Pertronix in your car's tool kit?

Just because u have 12 volts when the car is off does not mean u have 12 volts when is on. Lol resistor wire. Cmon dude

There are several steps I would take; 1. Tow smucky VW to junk yard and purchase a dignified ride. Like a 70 charger or maybe an Avanti. What kind of ladies are going to jump into what your now driving? 2. If you Insist on retaining your ugh ride, you need the petronix problem by... deinstalling the present engine and doing the right thing and dropping in a SBC tricked to like 450 or so with a basic blower set up 3. Do the really right thing by putting in a Sonny's 1000 or a good SME 4. spraying that thing some wild Metalflake!!!!! Petronox problem (and your life situation) Solved.....😊