[Healeys] Setting Timing on 100-6

[philritten at aol.com]

Don/All,

I seem to have gotten answers that BTC is both on the left and the right. I'm guessing that what I'm hearing is the crank pulley (harmonic balancer?) is turning clockwise as viewed from the front over the radiator, and that BTC is either where the mark on the balancer is left of the indicator on the block or if you put a mark on the balancer at 15 degrees BTC, it would be right of the original mark. Correct?

It sounds as though the thing to do is to put marks at 5/8 (15 deg) and 1/2 (10 deg) on the balancer (to the right of the original mark) and line those up with the mark on the block using the timing light. Correct?

Thanks,
Phil


-----Original Message-----
From: Don <don at anglesey.us>
To: philritten at aol.com; healeys at autox.team.net
Sent: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 8:34 am
Subject: RE: [Healeys] Setting Timing on 100-6



Phil,
I usually set mine to max advance at 36 degrees and at idle it comes out
between 12 to 15 degrees.  I use a timing light that has a dial to
adjust the degrees and just set line on balancer with pointer on timing
cover.  BTDC is to the right and with regular timing light I would
measure the distance of 15 degree over to the right and mark with white
crayon or set static timing which usually comes pretty close.
Don
57' BN4