Re: [AMC-list] dwell issue

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Very much so. Set dwell first.

Ken


Quoting Armand Eshleman <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> 
> 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
> 
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> 
> > " 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.
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