[Healeys] ignition leads

[David Porter]

I'm impressed your calculator goes out to 16 decimal places.....
dp

frogeye at porterscustom.com

Porter Customs   2909 Arno NE
Albuquerque, NM USA 87107
505-352-1378
1954 BN2  1959 AN5
Porter Custom Bicycles

cars:
 www.britishcarforum.com/portercustoms.html
gallery:
http://picasaweb.google.com/porterscustombicycles/PorterCustomBicyclesStuff

GO HERE: http://porterbikes.com/  nice pictures-fun facts-my world

-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Richard Ewald
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 9:26 AM
To: Ed O'Neal
Cc: Healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] ingnition leads

For those of you that are math inclined.
Speed of light = 186,000 miles per second
186,000 miles per second = 982,080,000 feet per second
982,080,000 = 11,784,960,000 inches per second.  That is eleven billion,
seven hundred eighty four million, nine hundred sixty thousand inches in
one second.
Having one spark lead 1" longer will delay the spark by
Are you ready for this?
Are you sure?
*0.000000000085 seconds.*
*Holy shit, that is going to throw your timing on that cylinder all to
hell. </sarcasm >
*