gildia Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Hi to you all, i been building a new harness por my 240z (since it had none), I am going to test it this weekend and i got the pertronix with a 1.5 ohm flame thrower, and i was wondering if i had this setup do I stil need a BR? Thank you all ------------------------ 72 240z Mexico City Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zforce Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I use the pertronix and I bypassed the ballast resistor,its still in the car I just ran a jumper wire between the two posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gildia Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 What the resistance of the coil you are using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zforce Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Flame thrower 1.5 just like yours.My set up is slightly different though,I use a mallory dual point upgraded with the pertronix ignitor.Pertronix upgrade for mallory replaces the mallory breaker plate instead of mounting like regular points.Very clean installation,I have been running this set up for about 4 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zforce Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 BTW unless you have a mallory dual point laying around I would not suggest buying one for this conversion, they are just too damm expensive.I bought mine in 1990 when it was only 100.00 bux,now they are like 400.00,totally insane prices.I converted to pertronix when I ran into a stange problem burning up the points,and mallory points aint cheap.Turns out I had the two wires that go to the br reversed effectively eliminating the br.It wasnt till I put the pertronix that I figured it out,so i just left the pertronix in.It has paid for it's self at least 2 times over since I installed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfg240z Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Hey guys. I am just about to update the points in my '70 240z, and am just about to pull the trigger on buying the Pertronix and 1.5 coil. While I'm at it, I was going to replace the wires as well. Any recommendations on what works well with the Pertronix stuff? http://www.carshopinc.com seems to have the best prices - just not sure on 7mm or 8mm wires. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gildia Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 I think 8 mm NGK will do, al least that is what i got but i am still in the process of connecting the new harness, by the way can anyone post some pictures of the pertronix setup connection? Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gildia Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 I draw this diagram on what i plan to do, can you help me out to verify if this is correct, thank a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZeder Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Check with the pertronix setup/documentation as I think they require a 3ohm coil for 6 cylinder setups. I have a pertronix and one of their coils on my 71 240z works great I did the wiring mod that has been explained on this site etc. I can't recall the coil I got but it is a 3ohm I think.....Just checked what I ordered it was the 60,000 volt HV High Vibration Epoxy Filled Coil 3.0ohm unit = partnumber 60130. This setup has been running great in the car for the last 10month or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zforce Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 I looked at my pertronix coil,it says 1.5 ohm's and its been there for four years with the ballast resistor bypassed.I have also searched other sites and nobody has ever complained about this particular set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gildia Posted April 7, 2008 Author Share Posted April 7, 2008 Ok thank you all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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