Dwell Angle

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   Eddie, Tim is right on the money.  The point gap and dwell are two methods of accomplishing the same thing......coil saturation!  You want to give the coil the longest period of time to charge up as possible while keeping arcing between the points to a minimum.  The dwell method is the most accurate so if you have the means to check dwell, always use this method.

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nuttyskier2002 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Gold Member Joined: September-28-2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 669	Post Options Post Reply Quote nuttyskier2002 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Dwell Angle Posted: December-26-2007 at 3:49pm
	Eddie, Tim is right on the money. The point gap and dwell are two methods of accomplishing the same thing......coil saturation! You want to give the coil the longest period of time to charge up as possible while keeping arcing between the points to a minimum. The dwell method is the most accurate so if you have the means to check dwell, always use this method.
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TRBenj Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: June-29-2005 Location: NWCT Status: Offline Points: 21184	Post Options Post Reply Quote TRBenj Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: December-25-2007 at 4:05pm
	The gap is inconsequential- its just an easier way to set a specific dwell. Since your dwell is right on, it sounds like youre good to go.

Fasteddie Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: October-07-2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Fasteddie Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: December-24-2007 at 10:11pm
	I've been tuning up the massive inline 6 in the 63 American skier. The Mallory distributor plate lists a point gap of .024 and there are no dwell figures stamped. I was taught that the dwell angle is more critical than the point gap because of the coil saturation. When the points were set at .024 the dwell was less than 30 degrees when I closed the gap to .020 the dwell angle rose to about 36 degrees. I did some checking on the dwell for Ford inline 6's and they indicate a dwell of about 35-38 degrees. Should I be concerned with the dwell or just set the points to .024 Thanks Merry Christmas

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