Setting Dwell

Fstforward said

A lot of people had no idea how to set the dwell on a dual point distributor. In reality, it took a little longer, but was simple once you knew the main trick, which was block one set of points open with a piece of cardboard, then set the unblocked set, then reverse where the cardboard was, set the others and if you had them both spot on, when you unblocked the other set and ran with them both, it was spot on.

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I didn't do it that way. I just set the primary set with the secondary blocked, then set the secondary for total dwell. Once you've done it a few times, and I'll admit, much easier on a BB/ RB, it only takes a couple of minutes I used to run ONLY either Blue Streak or whatever Echlin called their super duper points. Accell had points too, but got a rep for the springs being TOO stiff for street use--allegedly caused wear on the dist.