<VV> Ignition Timing?? Pertronix

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

>Doesn't  the pertonix module mount to the breaker point plate, which is moved by the original centifugal/vacuum advance mechanisms?  
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I thought (as compared to know -- I don't have a pertronix) that the 
real advantage of Pertronix was that it came with a new advance plate.  
Otherwise, if this was a points car, it does sound like it could have a 
bad plate.

>I'd probably watch with a timing light while revving the motor in neutral  several times to 3 or 4krpm and back to idle. If there was any hitchiness I'd disassemble and clean the cent adv mechanism. I would not be surprised to find things loose and worn.
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Sounds like good advice to me, Dan!

Bill Strickland