My experience is that dwell can affect timing, in the sense that if the timing is set first and then the dwell corrected to within specs if it's off, the timing will change with the dwell. Does that sound believable? Armand ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandwich Maker" <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 8:02 AM Subject: Re: [AMC-list] dwell issue > " From: "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 > > do you actually mean dwell, or do you really mean advance? the vac > adv doesn't affect dwell, but vac + mech + static adv could easily > total 40. > ________________________________________________________________________ > Andrew Hay the genius nature > internet rambler is to see what all have seen > adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought > _______________________________________________ > AMC-list mailing list > AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.12.11/2089 - Release Date: 4/30/09 5:53 PM > > _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com