I use a points dist with the pertronix covversion in my truck to get rid of the problematic stock ecu/pick up
this way you get a little better vac advance than with the stock elec dist
and I have had no failures since then
so it not going as backwards as you might think,just a diff way of getting the elec part on a points style system
and IMO it is a good up grade on a elec dist with ecu crap still bolted up and looking stock,just bypassed by the pertronix system
just food for thought for some one who may not know its out there
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