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I agree with germain, but would like to add something: When the splitfire spark plugs came out and boasted all kinds of miracles, It reminded me what some of the old time racers I knew told me, "an ignition system will not give you more power, it will only take it away".
If the system is working correctly, no matter if it is a stock points system or something off of the space shuttle, it will allow the motor to make all the power it can. The "working correctly" is the tricky part. If there is a weakness anywhere in the system, a hotter spark (or multiple hot sparks) will help to make up for the weakness. The reason I changed to a pointless system was so that I would not have to fool with points and condensers ever again. The fact that my engine ran better after the change only reinforced the idea that my stock system was inadequate for some reason. Putting new points and condenser did not result in the same improvement, I tried that before I switched to the Pertronix. It was either an additional problem with my ignition (weak coil, bas plug wires, whatever) or an inherant design weakness. Either way, the fix was fast, easy, and not very much money. I later changed my coil with a high output pertronix version, and that seemed to help the motor also. Maybe that was my problem all along. Who knows?
Last edited by turbo2.0; 01-31-2008 at 11:25 AM..
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