Re: Sometimes I Even Amaze myself!

[Dave Casey <dcasey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Low dwell means a potentially weaker spark at higher RPM, so your power 
would taper off sooner than if you took a moment to set it right. If you 
bothered to measure it, why didn't you adjust it too?

Dave Casey
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From: "Bill" <Y1TopBanana73@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "62-65 Mopar List" <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 10:50 PM
Subject: Sometimes I Even Amaze myself!


> I temporarily converted the Coronet back to points tonight, and after
> not touching a set for literally 25 years, the damn thing seems to run
> quite well. It fired right up, idles quite nicely after resetting the
> timing, and best of all...ran for ~25 mins and didn't die!!!
>
> Question though...I plugged in my old tach / dwell meter and see that
> the dwell is a little low - 35 deg and it should be 40-45 deg (points
> gap is a little big). What will a low dwell do for driveability,
> performance? Am I really going to notice much difference in a car that
> is a cruiser?
>
> Thanks!!
>
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