I found this article in the “Bugeye” site on the Web. You can take it for what it’s worth. John

There was a lot of talk about Pertronix electronic ignitions at our last event in Wenatchee. I found this post in my Bugeye group. It is one persons experience so take it for what it may be worth.

“I had Jeff rebuild my dizzy late last summer and had him install a Pertronix. My car ran reasonably well, but still had minor problems that never quite went away. Acceleration wasn’t always smooth and there was sometimes a lack of power. It seemed to always fall in and out of tune. I was always futzing with it. It is now running like a champ after having a conversation with Jeff. Here’s what I learned.

The Pertronix ignition runs best with a Pertronix coil. It just does. I had a perfectly good Crane coil which I swapped out, and it made a difference. Also, it’s best to run solid core wires (I found Belden wires for under $20 at a local NAPA, but they were hard to find). Most all the new wires are carbon impregnated. They can short out in a side entry cap. And finally, Jeff told me to run resistor plugs. I don’t have a radio, so I had regular plugs. Regular plugs can interfere with the Pertronix and cause the high speed miss I was having.

I learned one other thing from Jeff which I never knew. I finally stumbled on all this because I had a bad plug. When I went to the parts store the guy only had resistor plugs. So I bought one and mixed it with three non-resistor plugs. I never knew that it mattered. Jeff told me that resistor plugs fire differently than non-resistor plugs. Can’t remember whether it was advanced or retarded, but that can cause high speed miss.

So there you have it. The BE is running better than ever… it’s smooth and pulls steadily throughout the RPM range.”