[Spridgets] Checking timing was: pinking problem

[Guy R Day]

The full time job of my navigator in competition days was to tune cars on a 
rolling road, he would do around 8 per day.  Everything from road motors to 
race / rally and even the odd motor-cycle (if it was tied down).  From cars 
that climbed off the rollers to my wife's company car, a Renault 4 that 
needed the bhp scale halved so the needle movement could be seen!
Timing was never done by 'feel' or ear, even on a 'quicky' job from the 
workshops.  (All service / repairs had a tune before they went out - even if 
it wasn't an engine job it went in for.)
However, not everyone had access to a set of rollers with a bhp machine 
attached!

Guy R Day




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Soave" <soavero at yahoo.com>
To: "Spridget List" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 2:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Checking timing was: pinking problem


> --- On Tue, 8/5/08, Mike/Donna Carpenter <mail4carpenters at peoplepc.com> 
> wrote:
>> Frank has the best answer for setting timing.  It is very
>> easy to do if you go by ear and feel when setting it.
>
> I used to think my feel was better, but now I'm a firm believer that if 
> your timing light isn't more accurate than your "feel", it's either a 
> really crappy light or solid core spark plug wires giving an erratic 
> trigger.
>
> Ron
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