[TR] can I test a distributor with the following?

[Geo Hahn]

A friend has one of these which is the best way to assess
centrifugal advance...

[image: Sun.JPG]

But I can get a pretty accurate curve by just using a timing light with an
advance dial to get readings at various RPMs then plotting on a graph.

[image: Advance Curve 2.JPG]

Geo

On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 12:00 PM Sujit Roy <triumphstag at gmail.com> wrote:

> My son has a few ARDUINOs and Raspberry pies and a Picoscope. ( Cheap
> oscilloscope probes which works with a PC). Are there any suggestions if
> any of these can be used to test the centrifugal parts of a distributor and
> how?
> I do have a timing gun.
>
> Sujit
>
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