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Points?


Anybody still run Points in their distributor? I have run across some NOS AC Delco points and condensers. 

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I want to run the 1969, 2+2, 427 on points.

The experts are shaking their heads but I don't care.

The car will never be raced.



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2 of my vehicles still run points. The price of points were going through the roof, so I stocked up at a NAPA store a number of years ago.

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At least with points it's basically 100% that you won't get stranded.



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Still have points in my Beaumont. They were recommended before I took the car to Hot August Nights in Reno.

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I've only used points my whole life except the factory electronic setup in my 66 Grande Parisienne big block car in the 80's.

The Grande Parisienne I bought from Ken last year has a Pertronix which I plan to convert back to points.

As Mark said, odds of getting stranded with points is very slim.

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Nothing wrong with  running points and condensor . 



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I'd be interested in a set as a standby if they'd fit my 283.

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I just looked these up (I too run points... err when my Firebird was on the road);

These 'D106P' are the standard points that pretty much every bread & butter GM v8 used;
These have the breaker arm spring clips (all the better ones had a screw type terminal).

I have points information in a duo-tang by my desk, because these are parts that I keep an eye out for incase I should come across some at the right price.

I believe that the breaker arm tension is somewhere around 20oz, where as the better ones (D112P) are at around 30oz pressure;
I believe these points are good up to about 5,500rpm.

I hope this helps someone :)






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if you run points you're car will still run if we ever get hit with an EMP (solar or otherwise). Great for zombie apocolypses too!

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Would it not toast the coil?



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Good ol' Ray (Richard) needed points biggrin

 



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cdnpont wrote:

Would it not toast the coil?


 It would depend on how close the EMP source was. You could keep a spare coil in a small faraday pouch just in case.

 



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