65 Barracuda daily driver

dibbons said
Funny, when I had the single point distributor in my 318, it would fire up (when warm) instantly as soon as I made contact with the key switch. Now, with the Pertronix system, it starts up fine, but always takes about 3 spins.

There is a graph that Pertronix uses to illustrate dwell, comparing points to their pointless system, and if you look closely at the illustration, the points are shown superior at cranking speed. After that, the pointless system takes over.

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The car already had electronic ignition when I bought it, not Pertronix, though. It's just newer Mopar stuff. And it still doesn't start immediately, it actually varies a bit, but it's a lot quicker than with the old big starter. I had read before that the sound of the mini starter is quite different than the original and I agree. I'm getting used to it, though...