How to Check Ignition Timing With a Strobe Light
Danny HopkinsDescription
Danny and Clive, from the Skill Shack with Practical Classics team, show you how to use a strobe light to check the timing of your classic car, demonstrated here on an MGB.
Timing your ignition system will help increase power, fuel economy and car engine longevity. This clip shows you how to adjust the distributor to a given reading and improve the drivability and reliability of your classic car. A strobe light is the right tool for this job as it fires with the spark on number one cylinder and allows the ignition timing to be adjusted to the correct mark.
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We have our strobe light going in there now. Now what's your, what's your temperature need to be, Clyde? Where do you think you should be? Well, I've always struggled there. So on taking convinced the worst to least you think you go for looking at what the maximum of glass is, really Okay The maximum of glass should be about 30 degrees I think. Right And generally you try and set that when it's doing for the 3000 revs in the file If you can get that right, then you'll find that you should be okay throughout the rev grains
Most of the really important information - setting up the light, marking the pulley etc. is missed. In addition, how one ensures 'maximum advance' is not even shown! Useless really