Testing the HiRev 7500

well if thats just the magnetic collar and pickup style

you get you points based curve
with a different type of switch, it will indeed have a different switching speed. points do suffer from arching....

any variance at high RPM will probably be mechanical... vibration in the drive due to crank/cam flex or flapping timing chain. how much or little impact that has dunno.
distributor machine will be a nice environment, to work in, But with your distributor drive stuck into a motor, its not a nice environment what you see in test situation and what you get in real life could differ


With the basic petronix you are limited to a coil with a ballast resistor you are limited to approx 3 amps in the primary
is there enough time to "charge Up" that coil at a "points based" 3 amps to make a decent spark at that 11,000 RPM :)

probably not, 6000 yeah, 11000 not so sure. A spark at atmospheric pressure and just damp air, ain't necessarily a spark in a combustion chamber at 11:1. You'd have to rip the electrons off 11 times more molecules of air and fuel to get the spark to propagate across the gap. potentially 11 times harder than with a spark plug earthed to a testing rig....(although i bet its not a linear relationship, i dunno)
I thought it would be interesting to see what rpm it is capable of before it can't keep up. Points, magnetic, or optical triggered? Which is best for RPM? Any of those should work well for the majority of us up to 5,000 or may be 6.