I've heard about the 8 Volt battery idea before, however, the question has been asked, how do you keep it charged with a 6 volt generator? Also, most battery chargers dont' have an 8 Volt position, so ah.. ??..  And for someone who drives their vintage car a lot, I can see their desire to convert to a Pertronix or other electronic ignition setup. However, on the other hand,  I've seen several posts about failures with those setups.. As Old car mark suggests, I'd keep a points & condesor set available in your glove box or trunk tool box.. along with ignition wrenches a feeler guage & maybe a pen style magnet..     


Paul

I'd not heard of an 8V battery as an option.
Since I'm coming from no knowledge on this - is this really a realistic option?
Will it negatively (ha ha, negatively) affect anything on the car?
Will the stock generator keep it charged?
Will it actually give more oomph - such that I could use the Pertronix.  I would love to go pointless!

My existing 6V battery seems fine, but I know it's at least 4 years old.  If going to an 8V is a viable option I'd definitely go for it when needing a new one.

I was never much on understanding electricity or the science (or magic) involved.  So I decided to major in Civil Engineer, not EE.

converted my 57 ranchero to ford dura spark2,worked greater the last year. just finished converting #2 y to duraspark(48merk F47 with 292 y.

This post reminds me i dont even know what kind of electonic conversion is in my 292 that i daily(otherwise i run a L79 el camino)... For me i try to simplify all my rigs, early mallory dual points for all, but mallory points themselves dont hold a candle to napa echlin but i cant remember the part number  either...

Anyway when i get my y-block "fixed" i wont have an issue, i'll keep ignition parts for my early hemi's, flatheads,303 olds's,  ect in the same tool box and ignition wise it should all be the same stuff(mallory did switch points a few times so i will have a couple sets)

Funny thing is the only thing i want ford type points in is the grant flamethrower i blew up for the 302 C.hevy i'm building. BTW those counterweights can hit the screws that hold the unit togather and grenade, they did while in my face on my distributor machine.

[quote]Meandean (8/28/2016)

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I could never get the Pertronix to work on my 6 Volt car.  The starter drew too much voltage such that there wasn't enough going to the ignition to make it spark. 

Basically I'd hit the starter and the instant I let go of the key, the engine would kick.  Maybe start but usually not.  Tried everything.  Never could get it to start on cranking.  Back to points...

If You go with Pertronix ( I did) its still a good idea to carry the stock Points and Condensor in the Trunk just in case. Might get U out of trouble at some Point. 

  

Sorry I'm a big fan of going to the pertronix  unit...There are just some things on engines, that are too old school..
 sorry you had the trouble, I've been there  a few times... I guess most of have been..
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I always just loosen the condensor clamp screw and slide the condensor out and back in.

Ditto on what you said about working on rear mounted distributors.  Ford definitely took notice of that difficulty on all the engine families introduced after the Y and relocated the distributor to the front of the engine.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)