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 Posted: 05-03-2020 05:25 am
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Tom Bradley

 

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Sounds to me that the changes you made should help, at least a little. According to the manual, 0.023" gap is where you should be, at least for standard compression. It depends on other parts of the system, however. For instance, if you have electronic ignition and a high voltage coil you might be able to use a wider point gap without any problems and possibly get more complete combustion. One potential problem, though, is that the distributor cap was not made for these kind of voltages and can go bad quicker. If you still have the original type of ignition this is less of a problem. Either way, if the engine still is not running as good as you expected you might want to look for sparks in the vicinity of the distributor cap just in case. My experience is that putting a thin coating of clear epoxy the outside of the distributor cap seems to extend the lifetime. But I still keep an extra cap around just in case.