Points vs electronic converstion kits.

[YeLLowBoaT]

I was looking online at the mallory electronic coverstion kits for points dist.
I was wondering is any 1 out there runing one in a mid 60s Gm dist??? I know points work I am just wondering if its worth the $90 for the upgrade. Also will it hold up in a boat.
Thanks for you imput....
God I can't wait to light this thing up... now if I can just find a carb and some gauges.....

[cstraub]

I was looking online at the mallory electronic coverstion kits for points dist.
I was wondering is any 1 out there runing one in a mid 60s Gm dist??? I know points work I am just wondering if its worth the $90 for the upgrade. Also will it hold up in a boat.
Thanks for you imput....
God I can't wait to light this thing up... now if I can just find a carb and some gauges.....
Go with the Crane or Pertronics kit. Crane is a little more verstatile with the built in rev limiter that is adjustable but it is more money. The Pertronic's is cheaper but a very good unit.

[Devilman]

My 460 has some sort of early points type distributor that somebody put one of those kits in. It seems to work fine, but nobody seems to know what it is. I have tried repeatedly to just get a cap & rotor for it. Nobody has been able to ID it, so I'm changing to a late model electronic ign. distributor. This old one is a joke. On another note, a friend of mine converted his points type dist. to electronic on the 390 that's in his truck with the Pertronix kit. He is perfectly pleased with it! Hope this helps.....

[GofastRacer]

The Pertronix is a very good unit, I also used the Accel unit for $59 it was a no brainer to install and a got a ton of trouble free miles out of it!..

[Havasu47]

The Mallory Unilite Marine kit is very good also. It is Coast Guard approved and works very well. A little more because of the Coast Guard stamp but I think it is worth it. The old style Unilite had some reliability problems but those problems have been resolved for years.
Just another option.
Oh yeah.... loose the points!

[396_WAYS_TO_SPIT]

Go with the Crane or Pertronics kit. Crane is a little more verstatile with the built in rev limiter that is adjustable but it is more money. The Pertronic's is cheaper but a very good unit.
Ill second this!! I ran the crane one in my olds and it worked flawless. Jegs has them for around $65. The crane kit kicks a$$ I used a stock cap and rotor and hooked it up in 10 minute. But before I intstalled it I had my dist curved on a machine then I added the kit.
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