Electronic Ignition in a straight "8"

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Back in September some forum members were looking into the application of a Petronix electonic ignition for a straight 8. They were talking to Petronix about Petronix's unit for a Packard 8 fitting the Hudson 8.



Did anyone find out wheather the Packard unit would work.

50C8DAN

Yes that would be me. Here is my final post on the subject. However Buffalo Machine did a great job rebuilding my distributor, but the Petronix is not going to happen on my C8.



I thought I would close the loop on this since I started it several months ago. I contacted Pertronix about the Hudson 8 conversion to electronic ignition and they agreed to look at it. I got a call back after they examined it and the Packard unit that I thought would work and said it would not, but they could make a unit for about $350! Well that is out of my price range. I then sent my unit to Buffalo Machine in CO for a go through and Jim there said he would take a crack at a Pertronix conversion.



After he talked to Pertronix it was confirmed that the reason the Packard unit would not be a drop in is that it rotates the opposite direction from the Hudson distributor and the mounting angle of the points is different. Jim said he would do it for a bit less than Pertornix for a custom unit but ............. it would be a one of a kind and if it went poof and would be stuck without a replacement for any reasonable time. I agreed to let it stay with the orginal setup. Buffalo did a hellofva job on the rebuild and it looks like a brand new unit.



So Pertronix is out for me, but if you have an extra $350 you can give it a go!

Fred

Crane Cam makes a unit that fits in easly. have one in my 48 Hudson 8. It also fit in my 1938 Alden Sailboat (engine-Universal atomic four)

Fred