Ken, go with Pertronix. I just swapped in my 250 today. I had the Pertronix unit in there, but couldn't figure out what to do with the resistor wire. So I put the points in and tried to fire the motor, and she wouldn't. I finally got ahold of a Pertronix tech, and they said it was fine to splice the + wire into the resistor wire. So I put the unit in again and hooked it up. The motor fired up the first try.

With the open headers on there, the 250 sounds like a big block on steroids. I've got to do some fine tuning with the timing and carb (2 barrel), but overall it's been cool.

Only took me 2 1/2 to 3 days to swap them out. Not bad for a 17 year old, in the front yard, on plywood.

BTW, Hedman's headers were bolt on. They work great. No grinding required.

Thanks for all the help everyone.

[This message has been edited by bigchevy66 (edited 04-02-2003).]

'68 C-10 - 250 with Edelbrock 600cfm 4 barrel, Offy intake, Hedman headers and true duals, HEI, MSD 6A box, relocated gas tank
Soon to have: T-5 tranny