Re: [TR] Biggest bang for the buck, Two categories

[Paul Dorsey <dorpaul1@gmail.com>]

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Amen to that!

On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 8:23 AM Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 6:16 PM Paul Dorsey <dorpaul1@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >  Would people give me their input:
> >
> > Low priced Might be a Petronics  ignition or changing  from positive
> ground to negative ground
> >
> >  High-priced  might be a  lighter Fly wheel
>
> Biggest bang for the buck might be keeping it the way it is right now.
> Unless you have a specific purpose, you are fine with points and a
> stock flywheel.
>
> I just bought a Spitfire with what must be a bad Pertronix, and it
> failed worse than a set of points would have.  I swapped an old OPUS
> distributor in, and that works fine.  I don't need to go very fast
> these days; the illusion of fast is often enough.  And it's too hot to
> sit on the side of the road for an hour.
>
> -- Jeff
>

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<div>Amen to that!</div><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr=
">On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 8:23 AM Jeff Scarbrough &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:fis=
hplate@gmail.com">fishplate@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote c=
lass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;=
padding-left:1ex">On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 6:16 PM Paul Dorsey &lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:dorpaul1@gmail.com"; target=3D"_blank">dorpaul1@gmail.com</a>&gt;=
 wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 Would people give me their input:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Low priced Might be a Petronics=C2=A0 ignition or changing=C2=A0 from =
positive ground to negative ground<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 High-priced=C2=A0 might be a=C2=A0 lighter Fly wheel<br>
<br>
Biggest bang for the buck might be keeping it the way it is right now.<br>
Unless you have a specific purpose, you are fine with points and a<br>
stock flywheel.<br>
<br>
I just bought a Spitfire with what must be a bad Pertronix, and it<br>
failed worse than a set of points would have.=C2=A0 I swapped an old OPUS<b=
r>
distributor in, and that works fine.=C2=A0 I don&#39;t need to go very fast=
<br>
these days; the illusion of fast is often enough.=C2=A0 And it&#39;s too ho=
t to<br>
sit on the side of the road for an hour.<br>
<br>
-- Jeff<br>
</blockquote></div></div>

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