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35fordtn · 11-19-2019, 10:19 PM

My Sun machine set a record today with a distributor. A customer sent in a distributor and he had previously purchased the parts elsewhere (Mac Van Pelt). I installed his supplied points, bushings, rotor, etc. This was a typical 1937-40 68 series distributor.

I had previously run three other distributors tonight, with most having the points start to bounce at around 5300-5850 rpm's. This one ran all the way up to 7870 RPM's before the points started to bounce. While a flathead will never see those RPM numbers, that is a record for me. Hats off to Mac Van Pelt for selling quality points! They appeared to be the same points I have used but this set exceeded the norm.. Many "larger" vendors are selling crap points that make setting the dwell a nightmare if even possible and can rarely exceed 2600 rpm's before point bounce starts.

11-19-2019, 10:19 PM	#1
35fordtn Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: McMinnville, TN Posts: 2,327	Point bounce RPM My Sun machine set a record today with a distributor. A customer sent in a distributor and he had previously purchased the parts elsewhere (Mac Van Pelt). I installed his supplied points, bushings, rotor, etc. This was a typical 1937-40 68 series distributor. I had previously run three other distributors tonight, with most having the points start to bounce at around 5300-5850 rpm's. This one ran all the way up to 7870 RPM's before the points started to bounce. While a flathead will never see those RPM numbers, that is a record for me. Hats off to Mac Van Pelt for selling quality points! They appeared to be the same points I have used but this set exceeded the norm.. Many "larger" vendors are selling crap points that make setting the dwell a nightmare if even possible and can rarely exceed 2600 rpm's before point bounce starts.