<VV> No Capacitor

[Andy Clark]

Sigh.............

Andy Clark
1966 140/4 Monza Sedan
1966 140/4 Yenko Clone
1966 180/4 Cord 8/10 #60
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Smitty Smith" <vairologist at verizon.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 1:42 PM
Subject: <VV> No Capacitor


>
>
> From: "Andy Clark"
>
> > That's strange, Harry. I have a distributor running (temporarily) in my
> > test
> > engine (on a stand) with no internal capacitor and it works just fine.
> > The internal capacitor is to prevent (or at least slow down) the erosion
> > of
> > the points contacts by absorbing the breaking arc.
> > Regards>
>   ---------------------------------------------------
>   Smitty says, that is exactly why it is running just fine.  It is on a
test stand.  It will never carry a load.