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Subject:Re: Consistent cutout at 3k rpm
From:David Beierl
Date:Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:23:09 -0400

At 12:33 AM 4/13/2011, Jonathan Poole wrote:
>My next tests will be to re-check voltage at the coil at high-rpm and then
>to put the points back in but I wanted to inquire here before the switch-out
>in case there is something easy that I have overlooked that I can test
>before pulling the pertronix out.
>
>Any suggestions, especially of easy tests, are appreciated.

This may sound stupid, but if you've got an 8-cyl trigger ring in
there it *might* (wild guess) not stop things from running - but if
it didn't, it would certainly trigger the overspeed fuel cutoff at
half the normal rpm.  Pretty far-fetched, I know.

Yrs,
d