Points and condensers

Saioro
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Points and condensers

12 Feb 2026 07:03

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Hi there need some help on points & condensers, someone can give me some help (1975 Z1

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Re: Points and condensers

12 Feb 2026 07:54

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DO NOT waste money on repro chinese shit. Condensors last 6 months if your lucky and points faces dont sit square and the heels are all over the place size wise.
I would always clean and run the original oem japanese stuff if i couldnt find nos.
failing that run a dyna electronic plate. You dont need dyna coils and leads it'll run fine on oem coils and leads.

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Re: Points and condensers

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Gotta agree with Warren3200gt re: don't try running chinesium ignition parts.

If condensers are sized correctly electrically to limit material transfer, Z1 points can last nearly indefinitely with a little dressing using a points file. Condensers are easy to test with most DMM's.

We've never run a Dyna plate on any of our Z1's. slmjim has run points on his Z1-A since he bought it new. All of our other Z1's have points.

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