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EZ timing?

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cliff88145

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When you guys are talking about base timing where is that on your vibration damper? Is that 10* BTDC or 10* ATDC or do I just set it to the 0 in the vibration damper scale?
 
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timing

With your timing light and your SPOUT connector OUT, car running, you check the timing as it matches up with the slot on the tab above the balancer as you look down.

It will probably be somewhere around 10 or 12 I would guess.
 

cliff88145

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10 or 12 BTDC or ATDC I just completed a H/C/I swap.
 
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Here

ATDC ------------- BTDC
10IIIII0IIIII10IIIII20IIIII30

BTDC is what you want.
 

88stangmangt

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10* is base..try 12 and 14* i just set my motor at 14* and the difference is noticable over the 10* i had it at...
 
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