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Mechanical points require regular attention: gapping, lubing the lobes, and regular replacement. Electronic points are very easy to install and never need to be maintained. In short, they are superior to the stock mechanical points in every way. The units that use magnets, commonly known as the Hall effect, aren't affected by dust, water or ice. Optical systems are just as good but can be affected by water and ice. Pertronix and Compufire work beautifully in any application, including fuel injection. Neither one is better than the other. I know this since my carbureted Squareback has a Pertronix and my fuel injected Porsche has a Compufire. As I've said before, if I was forced to choose one over the other I would go with the Compufire only because it was a little easier to install (we're splitting hairs here, okay?). Toby Erkson, air_cooled_nut@pobox.com '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L '75 Porsche 914 1.8L Portland, Oregon, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/ ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: To Pertronix or not to Pertonix, that is the question Author: type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE Date: 10/24/97 7:13 PM I went to my VWFLAPS today and they said they had a Pertronix for a FI '71 T3. I didn't know a Pertronix would work on a FI distributor. Has anyone put one of these on? If you have, how does it compare to the stock set-up? Please P-mail your response along with post to the list; Greg hasn't got me signed-up yet. Steve B.