electronic ignition & spin on oil filter

Just wanted to thank all that responded to my questions. Installed the spin-on-ol filter; Pertronix Ign. and their coil; and the "KoolKat" fans. The car runs great, and is running cooler (although, this summer will be the real test).

David,

I am new to the world of Jaguar, so please don't laugh. How do you remove the secondary set of throttle butterflies, (and what purpose did these originally serve)? Better acceleration would make me very happy.

Looking a a Pertronix Flamthrower Coil, they ask if the car has a ballast resistor? How do I determine if a 1968 series 1 1/2 has such a thing?

Help,

Steven

Steven I have heard some other folks say that it is best to change the coil to the Pertronix unit when you install their electronic ign. system. I did not know that until a couple of years ago though. Since mine have been working geat on all my cars several years now I have not worried about it too much. I second Patrick's sugestion of Cool Cat fans too especially if you are in a warm climate. That is probably the best $$ I have spent on my car. I do not have to worry about it running hot like I did with the stock fans and they seem to put less load on the electrical system too. Removing the secondary set of throttle butterflies was also an easy mod. that really helped my '68 (with Strombergs) accelerate MUCH better

David '68 FHC

Steven - My '70 FHC has Petronix, installed by the previous owner, which seems to work well, but I have heard of folks having installation problems. if you want to splurge, get a new Petronix or similar distributer but they're not cheap. Unless you expect mega miles tho' why not stay with the original nice and simple points set-up? I also have a previously installed spin on/off oil filter which does simplify matters. I guessing it came from XK's.

Hi Steven

I use all these modern features on all three of my classic cars. The usual problem with a Pertronix is when the voltage at the unit is near 12.0 volts or below. It should be the same as your battery voltage, about 12.6 volts. Points dont care about the voltage. I do carry the points set up in the vehicle as a spare.

Good luck

Curt

I use stock ignition in my '66 E-Type, but in years where I am not doing concours, I use a spin-on oil filter adapter for better filtering, and, a KoolKat fan. The oil filter adapters are easy to install, and I assume they are all pretty much the same (I have no idea how many different makes there are out there).

Patrick

Thanks for the success story. I am being very cautious about the Pertonix as I installed the system on a 1960 MGA once upon a time. It failed several miles from home, and I had to re-install the old points roadside. When you do the conversion in your cars, do you also replace the ignition coil?

Steven I have installed both the Pertonix and the spin-on oil filter on my '68 FHC driver about 7 years ago. The installation for both was easy and have had no problems with either since. I have also put the Pertronix on two of my other early '70's era cars and it works great. They are my every day cars and have been working flawlessly for them 6+ years. I wish they made one for my '75 Cosworth Vega so I could switch over from the first generation GM electronic ign. system. It is much more complex than Pertronix.

David '68 FHC