Random Thoughts - Part III The Search for Spark (No Politics)

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

You owned Chrysler products. They were a thing all their own.

Especially when it rained.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Especially when it rained.

Buy by the case

Mopar guys know what it is without looking

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&url=h...AAAAAdAAAAABAJ

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I get what you mean but when considering the difference between tune-up, and tune, engines haven't changed that much. I still get plenty greasy.

Maybe because your tools are still greasy from the old days -

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I get what you mean but when considering the difference between tune-up, and tune, engines haven't changed that much. I still get plenty greasy.

Used to do both. Tune up was make sure it was running right as per stock settings. Tune was squeezing every ounce of power with settings that no sane person would run stock.
Much the same as now only manually instead of electronic.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

You owned Chrysler products. They were a thing all their own.

Oh and for the younger crowd and even the older ones that didn’t work on performance Mopars when I say I set dwell I mean I really set dwell.
None of this single points crap

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Used to do both. Tune up was make sure it was running right as per stock settings. Tune was squeezing every ounce of power with settings that no sane person would run stock.
Much the same as now only manually instead of electronic.

More knobs to tweak.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

None of this single points crap

That's just stupid. I disapprove.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

That's just stupid. I disapprove.

When it worked it worked really well. Far better at high revs.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I get what you mean but when considering the difference between tune-up, and tune, engines haven't changed that much. I still get plenty greasy.

But you do it on purpose.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Oh and for the younger crowd and even the older ones that didn’t work on performance Mopars when I say I set dwell I mean I really set dwell.
None of this single points crap

We had duel point distributors also for our chevys. I had one in my 454. Also had one in a Buick 455.

[2020BRZtS]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Buy by the case

Mopar guys know what it is without looking

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&url=h...AAAAAdAAAAABAJ

I was given my grandmother's Dart that went nowhere in the rain. My dad tried for months to fix it and told me to just drive with two feet. I don't remember where I learned about the ballast but he was actually annoyed that I fixed it for under $2.00. A month after I fixed it he sold it without telling me.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

When it worked it worked really well. Far better at high revs.

I admit my ignorance. I've never dealt with dual points. Reading up on it for the first time tonight, all kidding aside, respect for mastering the technique.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I admit my ignorance. I've never dealt with dual points. Reading up on it for the first time tonight, all kidding aside, respect for mastering the technique.

When I bought the R/T it had the six pack on it but still had the single points distributor from the stock four barrel. It would just bog down at anything over 4,000 rpm. Traded something that I don’t remember for the dual point and that fixed my issue. Well after a long learning curve it did. I had no idea that both sets of points shouldn’t be set exactly the same and since there was no internet to ask I had to find somebody that did know to show me what I was doing wrong. Once I knew it wasn’t hard to maintain.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

We had duel point distributors also for our chevys. I had one in my 454. Also had one in a Buick 455.

Yep. Many of the big blocks had them as an option.
For some weird and unexplained reason dodge used them on some of the slant sixes as well.