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Originally Posted by Chuck Sea/Tac
Dwell is the time the coil is energized and saturating, meaning the points are closed. The reason the spark is “hotter” with a wider gap, is because the coil is putting out more voltage(up to its maximum design). If the gap is too wide, you’ll over work the coil and it will fail.
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Thanks for the feedback.
The higher output from the new Pertronix coil “fixed” the hard starting for the moment, and my wife and I were out in the car yesterday because it turned out to be a warm day. The car has fired up on first crank multiple times all day yesterday and the day before on the Pertronix coil.
I plan to put one of the other coils back in the car and adjust the points wider to see if that makes a difference with either of those coils. I'd like to determine what caused the issue in the first place.