I would suggest that since dwell is degrees of rotation that the points are closed, and now you have no points, that the number you have now will have to be trusted as what is built in to the Pertronix unit. (?) Ken Quoting bikerfox <bikerfox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Hi All, > > Have a question about dwell. Have a '68 AMX with two year old Pertronix > setup. I put my trusty Sear's multi-meter on and read a dwell of 40+ at > idle (forgot to disconnect the vacuum advance). Car doesn't hesitate, has > good power, no misfiring, and no pinging. I thought dwell is supposed to be > 29-31 deg. on these cars. If the dwell's correct and no symptoms, what > gives? If the dwell's incorrect, why? > > Steve > > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. > SPAMfighter has removed 1504 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > The Professional version does not have this message > > > _______________________________________________ > AMC-list mailing list > AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com > _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com