Re: [VintageLambo] Re: 400GTstatus and build sheet info

Hi Bob, Brings up an interesting memory. I once had one set of points break in a distributor (the problem resulted in a set of shorted points). I was amazed that the car still ran well enough on the six remaining cylinders to get me the half-mile or so home. I don"t think the car would have climbed any kind of grade though. I finally went to a single distributor with a breakerless setup (magnetic pickup) instead of points. Like you point out, setting the timing amounts to coordinating the work of two six-cylinder engines that share a common block.Then you have to hope the advance mechanisms are in good shape or you are dealing with two advance curves too! Jack Bob Storck wrote: "lamboguy " wrote: >Hi Aaron #586, > > The fact that it"s 3 cylinders makes me suspect possibly something to > do with the points, since you"re looking at 4 sets of points on a 12 > cylinder car. Let"s remember that these are really only two sets of points, with the second set in each pair used to extend the dwell period. The distributor works as two sets of six cylinders, and usually you will lose half due to problems in the distributor. Cheers, Bob