pertronix flamethrower

Antone installed a flamethrower vac advance dizzy and coil on a 1600.
any thoughts would be appreciated

Yep.
Fitted a couple of them.
Good stuff.
Best to carry a spare dissy, though.
Those modules can and do die without warning.

reckon you'd be better off going with a 123 dizzy. YOu can fit a high power coil if you want with these but standalone they drive very nicely.

psimitar have you had it for long and where did you purchase yours

I've got 4 VW friends in the UK that have them fitted and driven them myself so know they work well.

Vintage Speed UK is where I've seen them and works out about $100 cheaper than buying inside Oz including postage.

123 dizzy Oz is the Oz supplier.

got a mini man up here in the north that has also used them and rates them high

I have run one for 3 years with only one issue - too much vacuum will blow the vac advance pot on the SVDA dizzy. My new PICT34 did this on my 1600 twin port so i ran sans vacuum adv for quite a while

I've just moved the coil and dissie (with a new vacuum pot) onto my new 1914 engine with dual IDF 40s, and the pertronix pair work a treat

I love the points always being correct and NEVER pitted.

Cheers