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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I bought a ProRace Harmonic Balancer a few months back and installed it whilst attending to some other engine chores….new oil pump, engine mounts, reverting to SUs from Webers etc.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Soooo….I was given sensible advice to mark the 15° line on the balancer as the markings are virtually invisible once the thing’s installed, let alone spinning at +/- 1,000rpm. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Now for the confession. The car’s not been running brilliantly….some hesitation, particularly under load, from +/- 4,000 rpm. Leaving out fuel issues for the sake of this discussion, I was thinking about the timing again. And I know that it’s been showing 15° BTDC with my brand new timing light. But I was still not sure so I looked at the photo of my painted timing mark. It shows that I managed to put the paint on the 16<!--[if gte msEquation 12]><m:oMath><i><span style='font-family:"Cambria Math",serif'><m:r>°</m:r></span></i></m:oMath><![endif]--><![if !msEquation]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;position:relative;top:2.5pt;mso-text-raise:-2.5pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><img width=5 height=17 style='width:.0555in;height:.1805in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image002.png@01D4FAA0.AF5101A0"></span><![endif]> mark. Now, 1° isn’t a lot but I can foresee the potential of making it worse when I take up the lamp again. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My question is this. What do I dial into the timing light to account for the mark being 1° out? (If I go the wrong way, I’ll be 2° out).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Simon<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>