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Re: [T3] OT: Timing/dwell relationship and Pertronix


On 13 Jan 2004 at 19:31, Keith Park wrote:

> Ya know... in all these years, Ive NEVER worried about or set dwell at all!
> I set the points gap carefully to spec, and since I use ventilated points I
> never get the "tit" on them and the gap stays consistant.  I then set timing
> and Im all set for 7 or 8K miles when I need to reset the gap then timing
> again to account for wear.

The dwell is really only of secondary importance, and if you have any kind of 
electronic ignition, it is completely unimportant. You can certainly do this by 
setting the gap, but the electronic measurement of dwell is more accurate. It 
would be hard to claim that the increased accuracy is at all important, except 
possibly at high RPM, when the actual dwell time gets short.

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