Best to check with MSD

MSD Customer Support (915) 857-5200, (915) 855-7123 from 7 - 5 (MST).

1955 312 T-Bird Warwick, NY

According to the instructions, Pertronix 2 and 3 can be used as a trigger for external boxes.  They don't say either way for 1.

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Lawrenceville, GA

Pertronix will trigger an MSD 6A or 6AL bo,x possibly others too.  I drove with such a setup for a whole summer. 

64F100 57FAIRLANE500

Pertronix has a rev-limiter box that's compatible with the Pertronix ll.

installing petronix in the later distributors(dura spark) is very difficult. I am now looking for older dist 57and newer. the Xerox looks so simple in the correct dist

It's been a while since I've been into one but if you have the breaker points cam and pivot plate that was originally in that distributor, it should swap back in.  Or leave the duraspark distributor in place and add an MSD 6A or similar box.  The Duraspark distributor is an excellent trigger device and plays well with an MSD box. You will then have one of the hottest ignition systems possible and the duraspark trigger coil is very reliable and available.  Hope this helps,...................

64F100 57FAIRLANE500

I was looking at that for 1962 Mercury with a 292 ... did you "upgrade" the coil also?
And did you have to (or were doing it anyway) upgrade to an alternator (instead of the 30a generator I currently have)?

Regards

Robert  
  https://my62mercury.blogspot.com/ 

Hey Ted.
I have a 1957 TBIrd. 312 all stock with stock distributor. When I bought the car in 2006 it already had the Pertronix ignitor 1 installed along with a Ford coil and running with ballast resistor. Someone suggested running Flamethrower coil without ballast resistor. the performance was quite snappy. Then after 2 years the coil failed and replaced with same one Flame-thrower 1. Lasted about 15 minutes. Got exchanged for epoxy filled. It lasted a couple of days. The coil was extremely hot to the touch. If it hooked up through ballast resistor-no problem however the performance was not quite as crisp. You suggested running ignitor 2 with matching flamethrower 2. Can I run the flamethrower 2 without ballast resistor without it overheating and failing.. I would like to run it without ballast resistor for the better performance.

Hey Phil
Are you running the ignitor 1 and Flamethrower 1 coil? You have no issue with the coil getting too hot & failing? My car ran great with that setup however coil would fail. Really hot the touch. If I hook it up through the resistor it works but defeats the purpose.

Nat, did you contact Pertronix? If you followed their installation instructions, they should cover failed parts. It comes down to either faulty installation/faulty parts.