Hi after having another set of points burn out on me I'm contemplating electronic ignition I was just wondering if pertronix are good kits for a daily driving a12?

I have a Bosch resisted coil would I keep it with the pertronix setup including coil resistor and condenser?

Just wondering how to install it with that setup and if it's one people would recommend or are there other"s?

Thanks tom

Points & condensor are tune-up parts. They are supposed to be replaced on schedule. A common cause of premature burning is replacing the points, but not the condenser. Another is using the wrong coil.

I'm using the Bosch gt40r coil points have been on the car about 6 months

Have you replaced the condensor? If not it might be burning up the points.

The GT40R coil is designed to be used with the original ballast resistor. Even so, it draw more current than the stock coil (harder on the points). Are you using the ballast?

I put one on my sisters ute 1.5 years ago and still works fine. If your coil needs a resistor then you will obviously need it but no condenser.
Also buy it from the USA it is much cheaper.

I have had good luck with the Pertronix. I have owned two, one was in my '68 Cougar for many years serving as my wife's daily driver. Car and Pertronix now reside in Aus. To install it you would need to retain your resistor as the resistor is there to limit current to the coil. The Pertroniix has two wires, one red and one black. The red goes to 12V, so hook it to the 12V side of the resistor. The black lead goes to the negative terminal of the coil.

We have a club writeup on it here: Pertronix

I'm using a ballast resistor with the coil..
sorry you said hook the pertronix up to the 12v side of the resistor.. is that the side that currently goes to the stock dizzy? sorry i don't know which side is the 12 and which side is the 9
Cheers,
Tom

It is the non-coil side of the resistor. Wiring diagram is in our club article on Pertronix, also when you buy it comes with directions.

are you running on dd? or what have you chosen to do? I had a bluebird s2 dizzy for a while but I could never get it running right. nor could mechanics!