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Re: It's dwell time :)
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 8/15/1999 7 Replies

Hello Nhan,

Obviously the point system has no means to change dwell as RPM increases. This was its big drawback.

While dwell angle remains fixed in a point system (discounting wear), the time available for primary coil saturation decreases as RPM increases... Login to read more.

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