<VV> Points to ponder

[NicolCS at aol.com]

Wow, the last digest is a "keeper"!  Posts covered all kinds of background 
about the early improvements to the basic point and coil system. I never put it 
all together- cool.  A couple of other thoughts: In the early 60s GM high 
performance engines that were expected to rev got a dual-point distributor, 
effectively cutting the points opening and closing frequency in half.  I think GM 
didn't mind point bounce in regular cars since it acts as rev-limiter and 99% of 
their production would be protected and didn't need to go there anyway. Note 
that GM made the Turbo Corvairs boost-limit at a relatively low rpm too.  
I recently acquired a distributor machine and I have tested 4-5 Corvair 
distributors.  Most of them begin to suffer from point bounce over 4000 rpm.  The 
one that's currently on the machine starts to bounce above 3500.  Makes me 
wonder...

Craig Nicol