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Old 02-29-2020, 08:21 PM   #25
Shaun Quill
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Default Re: timing light w/ advance recomendations

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Originally Posted by Billy Nees View Post
Ya know, I know a guy who used to run comp cars and gassers WAAAAY back in the day (he's well into his 80s) and he set his timing by lining up his timing mark on the balance at the timing that he wanted, turning the ignition on and moving the distributor until the points (remember them?) sparked. After that, he would move the distributor back-and-forth until the ET slip was happy.
The time slip never lies does it? As a sidenote, on the advice of my kid I put a wideband in my car and that thing never agreed with The clock so I got rid of it.
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