[triathlonx13]

What are your thoughts on the Progressive Ignition?

https://youtu.be/neiyDK0wQRM?si=k9-yONK-HKdd2sCs

[65 Lamnas]

Originally Posted by triathlonx13

What are your thoughts on the Progressive Ignition?

https://youtu.be/neiyDK0wQRM?si=k9-yONK-HKdd2sCs

My opinion is this......

Any and all electronic ignition modules will fail eventually. Suddenly and without warning being the common failure mode. A points ignition will also fail, but it fails so gradually and incrementally that most any buffoon will notice the change and adjust or replace the points before being stranded. Also, no one (that I've heard of) EVER gained anything or measured a substantial change by switching from points to electronic ignition on a dyno, unless there was already something fundamentally wrong with the points distributor. (Stay tuned and watch someone prove me wrong with dyno sheets)

That being said, I bought a Progression Ignition HEI-style distributor for my engine last year.....engine is being built right now. Obviously haven't had an opportunity to actually TRY IT.

My interest in buying it was to have the ability to program and load my ignition curve from my phone.....on the fly.

I'm such a hypocrite.

[triathlonx13]

haha - I hear you -

Will be cool to hear how easy or hard to get it working / etc

Thanks

[Joe-Touring]

I don’t have any experience with one, but here’s a recent thread that has some info:

https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...d.php?t=873078

[Singleton]

Originally Posted by triathlonx13

haha - I hear you -

Will be cool to hear how easy or hard to get it working / etc

Thanks

I have the small cap version with external coil. Pretty easy to install and to get up and running. Five wires I believe, tach, 12v, grd, + & - for the coil, hose connected to manifold vacuum. Drop the distributor in with the balancer mark at 10*btdc, use timing light to confirm the 10 degrees and lock the distributor down. This is important because the distributor always cranks at 10 degrees no matter what your timing table is set to.
Download the Progression Ignition app and use their timing table generator to make a table based on a few owner inputs, then send and save it to the distributor. That will be enough to get you started, then you can play around with it after that.

[triathlonx13]

Thanks