<VV> 64 turbo acceleration issues

[Harry Yarnell]

Your using a Pertronics unit, right? A dwell meter should give you the dwell
(basically the difference of on/off time of the coil.

A scope will show the actual ON time.

I've concocked a homemade spark measureing test device that allows you to
accurately adjust a spark gap on the secondary side, and observe the
distance a spark can jump, until it extinguishes. It's a relative tool as no
actual voltage can be measured, but it will compare spark(s) for testing
purposes.

 

This all said, there's not much you can do to change anything (other than
timing). I've seen Pertronics units work just fine with the resistor wire in
place, and without.

 

From: Kurt Guttensohn [mailto:rizakoyt at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 9:19 AM
To: Harry Yarnell
Subject: Re: <VV> 64 turbo acceleration issues

 

So how should I measure it?  

 

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From: Harry Yarnell <hyarnell1 at earthlink.net>
To: 'Kurt Guttensohn' <rizakoyt at yahoo.com>; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 8:12 AM
Subject: RE: <VV> 64 turbo acceleration issues

Your voltage measurements at the coil MAY be ok; it's your troubleshooting
that's flawed.
You're not taking dwell into account. You don't have a steady state voltage
there.