<VV> Lifespan of standard ignition points

[J R Read]

An excellent question!

Except - it may now lead to the electronic VS points "battle".

To me the answer is - whatever you prefer - and I prefer stock.

15,000 sounds about right.

I was talking about plugs when I said over 30,000.  Guess I should have 
changed the topic.  In (not documented) reality, I think that I've gotten 
over 50,000 on AC plugs.  Modern cars change plugs at what?  50?  100?

Sorry for asking, my most modern "car" (Blazer) is 2001 and 130,000 miles.

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>
To: "Tom Berg" <thesuperscribe at yahoo.com>; "J R Read" 
<hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>; "chuck mckinley" <cmckinley313 at verizon.net>; 
"VirtualVairs AA" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Lifespan of standard ignition points


> After 65 years of driving with points, I always assume 15,000 miles as the 
> average life of a set of points.  Why use them?  They are cheap, original 
> and really seem to work just as well as an Ignitor.
> Why bother with old stuff?  If that's a valid question, then why bother 
> with a Corvair!
> RonH
>