I ran an experiment, put my original points & condenser distributor back into the Camaro with interesting results. The points & condenser worked better than HEI!

Comparing the mechanical advance curves, the HEI I have is very flat versus the much steeper original. I can either get this HEI set back up or I can go with another HEI. Davis will set one up as you buy it. Pertronix has one.

I don't have a good way to post pictures anymore, so I put the pictures into a video off my youtube account.

I thought my timing was too far advanced, so i backed it off. It starts more difficult and has some flat spots, but still seems to work a little better than the HEI. With the original distributor, I can now idle at much lower 800 RPM than before.

My next step is thus to work on the distributor.

https://youtu.be/_qEEwLWeaVc


Mark
'67 Camaro L6-250