That $400 electronic ignition kit was a complete waste on my 67 Mustang

I fell for the hype about upgrading from points to electronic ignition on my 1967 Mustang. Spent a solid $400 on a fancy Pertronix kit and a new coil, then spent 6 hours ripping out the perfectly good points system. The car ran fine before, maybe a little rough at idle but nothing terrible. After the swap, it started fine but then died twice on the highway near Cleveland. Took it to my buddy's shop and he traced it to a bad module in the kit. Went back to points for $20 and the car runs better than ever. Anyone else go through this same headache with these conversion kits?

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ryan_stone5d ago

Man I feel your pain on that one, but I gotta call out something in your post. You said you spent $400 on a "fancy Pertronix kit and a new coil" but a top shelf Pertronix Ignitor III with a Flamethrower coil is like $250 tops if you get ripped off at a parts store. The $400 kit you're talking about sounds more like a full MSD or Davis Unified setup with a whole new distributor and wiring harness. I ran Pertronix in my 68 Galaxie for 3 years without any trouble, but their modules do fail if you leave the key on with the engine off for too long. Points are definitely more reliable for a daily beater though, no arguing that.