List,

We have been selling the Compufire units for six or seven years. About six 
months ago, Compufire went bankrupt and was acquired by new owners. I won't 
bore the list with the extensive details, but the new owners are effectively 
Larry, Moe, and Curly, and have no clue on what they are doing. Apparently 
they thought it would be cool to own a new business, and are really learning 
as they go. Maybe they'll have a clue couple years, but right now they are 
morons.

We had so many issues with defects and them not knowing what they sent out 
in what they received, that we finally wrote off the company and resumed 
carrying Pertronix, which we carried until around seven years ago. 
Ironically, we stopped carrying Pertronix van because the Compufire quality 
control was better, LOL.

I cannot in good conscience sit here quietly and let people think they are 
getting a decent product with Compufire (now), when this is so far from the 
truth it's stupid. The most recent fiasco with Compufire was that they 
installed the little magnets in the rotor wheel upside down, so the units 
could not function. So you go to the headache of installing the Compufire, 
only to have it not work and wonder what else you broke. And if you try to 
contact Compufire to get a new magnet wheel, you get Larry, Moe, or Curly on 
the phone and you're tearing your hair out. They do not care about your 
situation, and they are to get your money.  This is their attitude, which is 
why we dropped them like a hot rock

Unless you are a glutton for punishment, at this point Pertronix is the only 
decent unit on the market which we can recommend.  I strongly discourage the 
use of Compufire, or any of the other Chinese manufactured copies of these 
points replacement devices. One of the main advantages of Pertronix is that 
many of their units are available in six Volt versions, which we do stock.

John
Aircooled.Net Inc. 

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