[Formulajones]

Don't get me wrong, I like some of the wiz bang stuff on the market and I do use it on other cars, but those are cars that are weekend toys. EFI, hydraulic rollers, MSD billet distributors and digital boxes with all the gadgets etc..... and I do drive the wheels off those cars without issue and we do go some long distances of 3-400 miles with them at a time, I just don't use that stuff on my daily drivers. They are all flat tappet cams with points distributors, mechanical fuel pumps and carbs. Not because I don't fully trust the other stuff, but the dailys happen to be cars you don't really want to go changing all those things around, like a 70 RAIII Formula and a 69 Z/28 all with numbers matching stuff. They have a little bit of value, not really something I want to monkey with so they stay stock. They also work perfectly fine as dailys that way too, with respectable mileage, dependability etc.... Not the fastest thing on the road but that's not what they are about.

So I'm kind of on both sides of the fence with this stuff, it just depends on the car we are talking about. There are however a lot better choices for ignition systems than pertronix stuff. MSD distributors, MSD boxes, points distributors, and things like that, I don't have a problem using and don't question it. HEI's I tend to shy away from, Nevermind if there is a reliability issue with modules these days, I shy away from them only because they are big and bulky and take away from a stockish appearance.