Each distributor features Pertronix's exclusive Flame Thrower module and coil, which is said to operate without misfire through at least 7,500 rpm, as well as the company's centrifugal advance ...

To ensure that the test was fair, we had to make this distributor as good as new, or better. So, before it ever saw action, the stock distributor was treated to a new rotor, cap, and module.

The HEI distributor is still an inductive-discharge ignition, but exchanges points for an electronic device called a module.