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RE: Perronix, was: 73 MGB

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Subject: RE: Perronix, was: 73 MGB
From: "Nick Coleman" <coleman@sd.aonix.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 09:50:48 -0700
Jeff, have you also tried widing the gap on your plugs to see if it makes a
performance difference.  In theory, a hotter coil should allow the spark to
jump a wider gap, which should translate into more efficient fuel
burn--result higher gas mileage and more horsepower.  Nick

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Editors, Molecular Vision [mailto:jboatri@emory.edu]
> Sent: Monday, June 22, 1998 10:24 AM
> To: coleman@sd.aonix.com; mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Perronix, was: 73 MGB
>
>
>
> > Couple of question on the Petronix Ignitor install.
> >
> >  - When you install it, do you need the engine at Top-Center?
>
> Just installed one in my Sprite (45D distributor). I did not set
> the car at
> TDC, nor do the instructions call for it. It took 2 minutes to install.
> Pull off dizzy cap, pull rotor, unscrew two screws, place
> ignitor, screw in
> set screw (smaller of the two screws). Fired right up, no problems.
>
> Now that I know it's running well, I plan to remove the set screw, apply
> the moderate-strength locktite (red tube), and re-screw. This set screw is
> mighty tiny and I don't trust it as being the only thing holding in the
> Hall magnet. The original points set up had the tiny set screw and the
> larger adjuster screw to hold everything in place. The Ignitor dispenses
> with the larger screw.
>
> >
> > Are you also running a hotter coil?
>
> I'm running a Lucas Sport coil (40,000 volts)
>
>
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