Slant Six Points Ignition Trouble

slantsixdan said
…which is another way of saying "constant hassle". The thing about points is they never work as well as an electronic system, and they begin deteriorating (wear/burn) the instant you hit the starter after replacing them. Electronic ignition means better combustion (more performance/better driveability/better gas mileage), longer effective spark plug life, and less maintenance. Win/win/win.

Read this (complete with cool old Plymouth ad and Chrysler Corp publicity video).

Also read this and this and this (featuring Gus Wilson and the Model Garage).

Points ignitions work, but they're inferior. That's not misinformation, that's just fact. There is a reason why you almost never see a car stalled on the side of the road any more. There's a reason why service bays have given way to C-stores at gas stations. It's because cars don't need near as much fiddlefutzing under the hood (on schedule and at random) as they used to. Electronic ignition gave things a hard shove in that direction.

Sorry. Those don't really prove anything. There are papers out there that do show the ways in which various ignitions can produce better flame kernals. And there are situations where that can be helpful enough to produce slightly better combustion or overcome difficult situations. That difficult situation could be due to prioritizing emissions reduction, or some hot rodding, or worn engine. None of that has much bearing on solving Raker's problem. Points will run that engine just fine. And a properly setup points ignition will kick the butt of any ignition that's not properly setup or curved. Are they a bit of a PIA on slant? Yup. But some folks enjoy the old technology, or at least learning it. I think its cool.