Points?

Lemans64 · Poncho Master!

Points?

ABC123 · Uber Guru

I want to run the 1969, 2+2, 427 on points.

The experts are shaking their heads but I don't care.

The car will never be raced.

seventy2plus2 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

2 of my vehicles still run points. The price of points were going through the roof, so I stocked up at a NAPA store a number of years ago.

cdnpont · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

At least with points it's basically 100% that you won't get stranded.

r66sd · Addicted!

Still have points in my Beaumont. They were recommended before I took the car to Hot August Nights in Reno.

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

I've only used points my whole life except the factory electronic setup in my 66 Grande Parisienne big block car in the 80's.

The Grande Parisienne I bought from Ken last year has a Pertronix which I plan to convert back to points.

As Mark said, odds of getting stranded with points is very slim.

68beaumont · Guru

Nothing wrong with running points and condensor .

64PARCONUK · Addicted!

I'd be interested in a set as a standby if they'd fit my 283.

unruhjonny · Guru

I just looked these up (I too run points... err when my Firebird was on the road);

These 'D106P' are the standard points that pretty much every bread & butter GM v8 used;
These have the breaker arm spring clips (all the better ones had a screw type terminal).

I have points information in a duo-tang by my desk, because these are parts that I keep an eye out for incase I should come across some at the right price.

I believe that the breaker arm tension is somewhere around 20oz, where as the better ones (D112P) are at around 30oz pressure;
I believe these points are good up to about 5,500rpm.

I hope this helps someone :)

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

if you run points you're car will still run if we ever get hit with an EMP (solar or otherwise). Great for zombie apocolypses too!

cdnpont · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Would it not toast the coil?

ABC123 · Uber Guru

Good ol' Ray (Richard) needed points biggrin

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

cdnpont wrote:
Would it not toast the coil?

It would depend on how close the EMP source was. You could keep a spare coil in a small faraday pouch just in case.