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#24388 09/10/2004 8:11 PM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,746 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,746 | If you're using the original-equipment type cap and rotor, don't increase the gap much over the original setting. If it's .035" normally, you might try 40 or 45, max. Too much gap with close plug wire spacing in the cap will result in a crossfire occasionally. That's why the super-voltage systems went to big caps and fancy rotors, and 8MM plug wires.
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