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[TR] Dwell Angle

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Subject: [TR] Dwell Angle
From: GHaynesTR4@aol.com
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:07:57 EDT
I seem to recall from the old gas station days that dwell angle was always 
60% closed regardless of the number of cylinders.   Thus, for a four cylinder 
engine, with 90 degrees per revolution of the rotor it came out to 54 degrees - 
plus or minus.   With six cylinders, it was 36 degrees (60% of 60 degrees) 
etc.   Some dwell meters measured in percentage.   Maybe that was too coarse a 
setting but it seemed to work well back in the 60's.
George Haynes


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