Glen
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: If I am understanding you correctly,
: since the distributor cams (Delco vs
: Lucas) are different, the gap or dwell
: used should follow the distributor
: type, not whatever was in the workshop
: manual for the original distributor.
: (i.e. Making up numbers.... If the
: Delco dwell was supposed to have 34
: degrees dwell and the Lucas (from
: another car) was supposed to be 40
: degrees... the dwell used for a
: transplanted Lucas dizzy would be 40
: degrees, not 34). Is that correct?
:
: Thanks,
: Doug L.
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: The only spec relative to the engine is
: timing, the rest is all in the
: distributor (cam).
: The trick is to provide as much
: saturation time as possible, without
: upsetting the action of the points
: opening and closing; there are
: "assymmetric" cam designs
: that do this more effectively than old
: style symmetric lobes. For example the
: later Lucas has a shorter more
: aggressive opening ramp, which
: increases the amount of dwell period.
: As the number of cylinders increases,
: 4-6-8, this becomes more critical
: because there are more pulses required
: per distributor revolution.
: Glen
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