[Ram Air IV Jack]

Originally Posted by unruhjonny

at the risk of making someone here re-read my experience with electronic ignitions on a points car;
I was introduced to the bad side of electronic ignitions when the most reliable one out there (a GM HEI, with no foreign parts) died on me;
the culprit was the magnetic pickup.

I learned right there that electronics WILL let you down;
I also learned that a mechanical issue is easier to diagnose than an electronic one.

When these points conversions first came out, I thought they were cool;
I’m now fully on board with old fashioned “never going to leave you stranded” points.

Years back my 77 Olds Cutlass stopped in city traffic and a friendly neighbor helped me to a local service station. It was repaired and I was told the stock GM HEI failure is common because of the constant motion of the vacuum advance in the unit. The wires to the pickup flex with the vacuum advance and will eventually break and then no spark. Happened to another 77 GM car I had too but that occurred during body repair, so I wasn't stranded. I'm keeping my stock points distributor on my 69 GTO.