<VV> Points to ponder

[Levair at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/28/05 4:56:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
rad.davis at mindspring.com writes:

<< The "real men" trick I learned was a piece of vacuum hose behind the 
 points.  It worked too, although it was and is a crappy, short-term hack 
 with bad consequences for the rubbing block on the points.
  >>
While racing my Stinger in the 70s I used the springs from two sets of 
points, greased the rubbing block , used dual shaft/housing bushings , .012 gap and 
ran 7500rpm 
   Yes, I had to replace them nearly every race weekend. 
   Now I use a converted HEI system form a Chevy truck. 
Warren