Re: Sometimes I Even Amaze myself!

[Bill <Y1TopBanana73@xxxxxxxxx>]

Honestly I was so pleased that the damn thing ran at all, I wanted to
quit while I was ahead last night. I'm going out this morning to
adjust it.
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Bill M
65 Coronet 500 'vert http://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/mmo62008.html
http://www.marylandmopars.net/membersrides/Bill-MelissaCoronet/Bill-MelissaCoronet.htm
73 Dart Sport, 00 Cherokee Sport, 01 Dakota SLT
21 Model T Depot Hack, 92 Accord, 06 Mazda 3


On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 2:02 AM, Dave Casey <dcasey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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
> Sent from my PC
> ----- Original Message ----- 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!!
>>
>> --
>> Bill M
>> 65 Coronet 500 'vert http://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/mmo62008.html
>>
>> http://www.marylandmopars.net/membersrides/Bill-MelissaCoronet/Bill-MelissaCoronet.htm
>> 73 Dart Sport, 00 Cherokee Sport, 01 Dakota SLT
>> 21 Model T Depot Hack, 92 Accord, 06 Mazda 3
>>


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