Buy a "degree" tape for the diameter of your harmonic balancer. Then just read the actual 'advance' degrees off of the tape.
Timing light question?
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Racer
Joined: Dec 2007
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From: Thomastown Mississippi
Timing light question?
I'm trying to dial my timing in, per Lar's instructions, but I don't have a dial back timing light. I've been to NAPA, Sears, AutoZone, and O'reillys, and looked at all of their lights. The most expensive ones have an "advance" button that it says is for precision tuning, but none of them say "dial back". Can someone tell me if these will provide the dial back function, or do I need to keep looking?
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St. Jude Donor '09
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Burning Brakes
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From: Baldwinsville, NY
I got one of these;
http://www.iequus.com/product_info.p...tegory_id=1_20
Easy to use and has a tach, the arrow keys can be used to advance or decrease the displayed degrees.
To use, for example; I use the arrow key (advance) to bring the timing light mark on the dampener to zero and read the degree on the display for the timing advance at that rpm.
Sounds confusing, but with the timing light in hand and runs and it will all fall in place, or its something you should have others do for you.
http://www.iequus.com/product_info.p...tegory_id=1_20
Easy to use and has a tach, the arrow keys can be used to advance or decrease the displayed degrees.
To use, for example; I use the arrow key (advance) to bring the timing light mark on the dampener to zero and read the degree on the display for the timing advance at that rpm.
Sounds confusing, but with the timing light in hand and runs and it will all fall in place, or its something you should have others do for you.
Drifting
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Here are some good links to look over
http://www.dragracingonline.com/tech...-lights-1.html
http://www.chevytalk.org/fusionbb/sh...hp?tid/173877/
http://www.dragracingonline.com/tech...-lights-1.html
http://www.chevytalk.org/fusionbb/sh...hp?tid/173877/
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I picked mine up at Sears. "Dial Back" is just a slang name for them as I am sure you have figured out by now.