I have 3 y block cars with flamethrower 11 series pertronix ignitions, 2 coils sideways, 1 vertical and trouble free over 12, 6 and 4 yrs.


  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

You are scaring me. Mine is about 2 years old and about 5000 miles also. If this one ever leaves me stranded I'll never buy another one. I don't think there is any real performance gain and if there is it is minimal in my opinion.

I got stranded on the weekend.
Has anyone experienced multiple failures on these units. This is my 3rd Flamethrower that has failed in 6 years. I have a stock 57 bird with the original Ignitor electronic ignition.
This Flamethrower is about 3 years old (about 5,000 miles on it) summer car. This particular one was the model that is filled with epoxy because the first 2 oil filled ones I had leaked.
I was informed that if you mount it horizontally the epoxy filled is the way to go. It was installed without the external resistor because it has an internal resistor.
I put the original coil that came with the car 59 years ago and she starts right up. I only chose the flamethrower to get the extra power.

Is it worth it?