Talk:Points distributor
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| + | In todays automotive world POINTS are dinosaurs and info on installing and adjusting are sometimes hard to find. My 65 Mustang six uses them and THEY WORK! They are not "hi-tech", one does not need a "code-reader" to tell you where to look, they are robust and can even be repaired beside the highway. I have a Pertronix conversion but after a few hundred miles I went back to points and keep the little magnetic pickup parts in the trunk. I found no gains of any kind other than, no need to change/adjust points. Whatever vehicle you drive that has points, find what the shop manual says and write it down. I spent 40 years building street rods and always gave the owner a glove-box paper showing what I changed, how to adjust it and what the adjustments were (point gap, dwell, plugs and gap, frontend adjustments, shock changes, etc.). I know todays electronics are far better than 30 years ago but points NEVER left me dead beside the road...but my 77 LTD II did. Think about this, todays dist. caps, rotor, points and plug wires are better than 30 years ago also, so one can get more spark to the plug, which is the goal, just updating parts. I use BWD SELECT because they use best-available materials and cost only a little more. If one is looking to keep the car looking original Dura-Spark or DUI won't work...but better mixing of stock type parts will. The plate under the points has 2 settings for total advance, the static timing is adjusted by turning the distributor and many vacuum cans are adjustable (if yours is not, buy one that is)with a 3/32 allen through the vacuum tube hole. That gives us 3 ways to set up our ignition and if you can find a Sun machine, have the curve set for your driving habits. An escalator is cool and makes going floor to floor easier...but old fashioned stairs do not need power and they do the same thing...as long as you do your part! | ||
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