All right so.. I can't adjust the 'dwell' of the pertronix and I realize that
I don't exactly know what dwell is. Oh well... I don't have a problem with
the Pertronix unit. I think it works great and I will never ever go back to
points. The only problem I had was somehow the wires got caught on the rotor
and spun up and ripped off. But I bought a spare off of ross and I should be
good to go.
Daniel 69 2000
SF CA
> Hi Daniel,
>
> Nice idea but I'm not sure that would work. Aren't there magnets embedded
> in the Pertronix that sense the rotational position of the center cam, for
> firing purposes. Changing to an offset for the mounting plate will simply
> alter the rotational position, which is the same effect as adjusting the
> timing (rotating the distributor as a whole). The standard ignition points
> are more mechanical in nature, where the offset of the mounting plate
> changes the interval of time that the points are opened before they close.
>
> Probably the best place to experiment is in the electronics areas,
> particularly the coil. Some people tell me the Pertronix works great with a
> hotter coil. Good luck, I'm looking forward to hearing of successes with
> these units.
>
> Fred - So.SF
>
> ______________________ Reply Separator ________________________
> >Subject: Pertronix Debate
> >Author: Daniel Neuman <dneuman@quark.sfsu.edu>
> >Date: 7/10/2001 1:48 PM
> >
> >Hello All,
> >I have a 'spare' pertronix unit that I want to try to jigger to see if
> >I can make it work a bit better. I know that Fred Katz does not like
> >them because you can not adjust the dwell. The two mounting screws do
> >not allow for any adjsutment of when it 'fires' I want to circularly
> >ovalize these two mounting screws so that the unit can be slightly
> >rotated back and forth for some dwell adjsutment. Does anybody have
> >any ideas about the usefullness of this excercise?
> >Because of the MSD ignition I can't actually check the swell with a
> >meter so I guess I am just going to tweak the plate one way or the
> >other and see if it makes any difference...can't really afford a bunch
> >of dyno runs ya know..
> >Daniel 69 2000
> >SF CA
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