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Re: [T3] first posting but on a previous thread topic..engine longevity...but here is some new ideas to discuss..


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Aftermarket only... which Pertronix is.  OEM units are extensively HALT
(Highly Accelerated Life Testing) Tested as the manuf need to stand by thier
warrantees  (although they still dont always get it right).

Keith


> 9/22/2002 1:08:43 PM, "Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> >The same is the problem with the electronic ignition modules... anyone
ever
> >had one last more than 3 years??  I had a reliability engineer look at
one
> >and his conclusion was that they are so cheaply made that there are
design
> >flaws built in in the way of thermal cycling problems.
>
> Keith, are you only talking about the aftermarket modules (Pertronix etc.)
> when you say this?  Or do the OEM Hall-effect units have the same problem?
>
>
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