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What is proper spark plug gap with electronic ignition?



While replacing the water pump on the grey berlina, I've decided to do a bit of maintenance including new spark plugs. I had a set of Champion RN9YC on the shelf, and out of the box their gap is approximately .030. Several of my old reference materials specify a plug gap of .025 for 4 cyl alfas.

However, I seem to recall that if the car has an electronic ignition (like the Marelli Plex I use) then the spark plug gap should be larger, like .030.

Question: should there be a larger gap for electronic ignitions versus the stock conventional point type ignition? What is it? Does it really matter?

Thanks, //kct --
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