WELL FOR MANY YEARS AVOIDED DOING SO, AND NOW I HAVE DONE IT. INSTALLED THE PERTRONIX IGNITOR 1 ON MY CAR.
1965 MUSTANG 200CID
HAS 40000 VOLT FLAMETHROWER AND 8 MM WIRES.
POINTS ARE MANY YEARS OLD. I PUT IN NEW SPARK PLUGS AND CHECKED GAP AT .035 INCHES
BEFORE CONVERSION STARTED UP ABIT ROUGH BUT STARTED STRONG. HAVE IDLE SET AT 900 SO WILL RUN SMOOTH.
AFTER CONVERSION STARTED UP QUICKER BUT WAS ROUGHER THAN EVER BEFORE. RUNS AT AROUND 500 AND WHEN PUT INTO GEAR AT AROUND 350 OR LESS.
WAS MY TIMING RESET???? I PUT POSITIVE CABLE OF IGNITOR AT POSITIVE PART OF RESISTOR. STILL LEFT THE GROUND WIRE ON THE PLATE IN THE DISTRIBUTOR CONNECTED SO I SHOULDNT HAVE A GROUND PROBLEM. HAVE THE AIR GAP AT .03 INCHES AND ITS TIGHTENED DOWN.
WHAT SHOULD THE TIMING BE SET AT???? NEVER REALLY HAD TO DO IT BEEN RUNNING WELL ALL THESE YEARS.
AND WHEN ACCELERATING THE ENGINE HAS HARD TIME GETTING TO 3000 RPM WHICH IS WHERE IT BASICALLY STOPS. DOESNT HAVE A VACUUM LEAK CAUSE i HAVE A GAUGE ALREADY INSTALLED BUT AT 500 RPM THE VACUUM IS AT 20+-1. VERY HIGH FOR A LOW RPM.
OPINIONS??
WHAT SHOULD I DO?
HELP?
1965 MUSTANG 200CID
HAS 40000 VOLT FLAMETHROWER AND 8 MM WIRES.
POINTS ARE MANY YEARS OLD. I PUT IN NEW SPARK PLUGS AND CHECKED GAP AT .035 INCHES
BEFORE CONVERSION STARTED UP ABIT ROUGH BUT STARTED STRONG. HAVE IDLE SET AT 900 SO WILL RUN SMOOTH.
AFTER CONVERSION STARTED UP QUICKER BUT WAS ROUGHER THAN EVER BEFORE. RUNS AT AROUND 500 AND WHEN PUT INTO GEAR AT AROUND 350 OR LESS.
WAS MY TIMING RESET???? I PUT POSITIVE CABLE OF IGNITOR AT POSITIVE PART OF RESISTOR. STILL LEFT THE GROUND WIRE ON THE PLATE IN THE DISTRIBUTOR CONNECTED SO I SHOULDNT HAVE A GROUND PROBLEM. HAVE THE AIR GAP AT .03 INCHES AND ITS TIGHTENED DOWN.
WHAT SHOULD THE TIMING BE SET AT???? NEVER REALLY HAD TO DO IT BEEN RUNNING WELL ALL THESE YEARS.
AND WHEN ACCELERATING THE ENGINE HAS HARD TIME GETTING TO 3000 RPM WHICH IS WHERE IT BASICALLY STOPS. DOESNT HAVE A VACUUM LEAK CAUSE i HAVE A GAUGE ALREADY INSTALLED BUT AT 500 RPM THE VACUUM IS AT 20+-1. VERY HIGH FOR A LOW RPM.
OPINIONS??
WHAT SHOULD I DO?
HELP?