My wife bought me a Pertronix distributor with the Ignitor I installed and a Flamethrower coil for Christmas. Now that the NY winter is almost over I want to install it. 1967 Mustang, 289, 2v. Some questions:
1) They sold her the Flamethrower II coil. I think that's wrong and not a match for the Ignitor I. I believe the resistance is too low on the II coil. Am I correct? I would think the vendor would have known this.
2) When I read the instructions or watch installation videos, it shows a plastic magnetic ring that gets pushed down over the distributor cam. Mine didn't come with that. She bought the distributor with the ignitor already installed but I think that magnetic ring should be there. Correct?
3) I have read differing opinions on weather or not to hook the red wire to the + side of the coil or to a switched 12v source. What is the recommended way? I only want to do the installation once and don't want to damage the module. This has to do with the need to bypass or not bypass the resistor wire.
For those of you who have installed the Ignitor I, how did you wire it and how long has it provided uninturrupted service?
Thank you in advance for answers to any or all of my questions.
1) They sold her the Flamethrower II coil. I think that's wrong and not a match for the Ignitor I. I believe the resistance is too low on the II coil. Am I correct? I would think the vendor would have known this.
2) When I read the instructions or watch installation videos, it shows a plastic magnetic ring that gets pushed down over the distributor cam. Mine didn't come with that. She bought the distributor with the ignitor already installed but I think that magnetic ring should be there. Correct?
3) I have read differing opinions on weather or not to hook the red wire to the + side of the coil or to a switched 12v source. What is the recommended way? I only want to do the installation once and don't want to damage the module. This has to do with the need to bypass or not bypass the resistor wire.
For those of you who have installed the Ignitor I, how did you wire it and how long has it provided uninturrupted service?
Thank you in advance for answers to any or all of my questions.