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Originally Posted by deadhorse
points dont suck-- if you guys would learn how to adjust them and your vacum advance--set total timing -- they work just fine --andyour valves will float befor you run out of distribtor
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Stolen from a Mopar site:
Point/condenser types of ignitions have been around for more than a half century and while they have progressed to where they are considered reliable, they have some definite drawbacks.
First of all, they require regular maintenance. By 10,000 miles a set of points is shot whether the car is running or not. The pivot and bushing wear so the movable points rattle around, especially at higher RPM's. The contact surfaces wear and become pitted and no longer conduct current well. The springs become weak and don't close the points as fast, and the rubbing block wears off and the gap closes up. The correct way to set points is not by their air gap when open but the degrees of dwell (the amount of time the points are closed). To get the correct setting requires the use of a dwell meter. But still this setting can change after only a few hundred miles of driving.
In 1973 Chrysler replaced the points type ignition with an "electronic" type. Instead of points opening and closing to complete a circuit, it features a stationary contact which passes current to a rotating reluctor, set at a fixed distance. Since this system has no contacting parts, an electric current is a constant amount on each pulse, and can be much hotter, for more complete burning of fuel. Since there is no point bounce and no parts to wear out, it not only gives a hotter constant spark, but also eliminates almost all maintenance. It also offers increased secondary voltage and current for improved starting and will keep the spark plugs cleaner and give greater plug mileage as well as increased performance throughout the whole RPM range.
AND YOU WON'T HAVE TO CHANGE POINTS ANY MORE.
Make mine electronic please.
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