Cam Sprocket / Points Alignment?

piecutter · Post by **piecutter** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 12:32 am

I had the same problem. Do yourself a favor, save up for the electronic ignition conversion and never take your points cover off again! I did it and love the difference it makes. No more finicky idleing either. Just strong, consistant spark that's always on time.
You'll never regret doing it, but you might regret not doing it sooner, as evidenced by the following picture of what my number 2 piston ended up looking like in July.

That's what a little predetonation does at 80 mph for 5 minutes!

Bob Dale · Post by **Bob Dale** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 11:32 am

My understanding was that an electronic ignition is not available for this motor? I have one set of points that fires both cylinders at every stroke. The ignitions that I have seen are for dual points motors. I would love to upgrade if possible.

piecutter · Post by **piecutter** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 2:09 pm

Yeah, I realized that after posting. Oops!
At any rate, let the image serve to graphically represent the effects of pre-det!