What are the advantages of a Pertronics?
No points to wear out.
Hotter spark?
Consistent spark?
But... I don't like the idea of not being able to adjust the dwell. I had a
Pertronics electronic ignition on my '66, but I yanked it out and installed
ordinary points. The performance seemed sluggish until I went to points and
set the dwell to an optimal setting. I'm using a dwell meter I bought new
years ago for $5, I imagine they can still be had cheap.
So, what is better between standard points ignition versus Pertronics, and
what tips do any of you have for optimizing a Pertronics setup.
Thanks,
Fred - So.SF
'66 with U20 and points
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> Subject: Re: dwell adjustment
> Author: "David R. Conrad" <conrad1@gte.net>
> Date: 5/10/2000 12:41 PM
>
> Stephan:
>
> By setting the point gap. Supposed to be nominally .020" for an
> SPL-311, with a small tolerance I don't recall offhand--should get you
> to about the middle of the prescribed range of about 50 degrees. I
> have a Pertronics, now which doesn't allow adjustment of dwell angle
> since there are no points. My dwell meter registers about 57 degrees
> with it.
>
> Dave
> '68 1600
> Kailua-Kona
>
> Stephan Sochoux wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> This is maybe an elementary question but how do you
>> adjust the dwell without a dwell meter ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Stephan
>> '69 2000
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