Whats up with my balancer?? Timing related...

Well im trying to get my timing locked in, but wow im having such a hard time.

The stock balancer reads like this - 30....20....10...0....10 30 being BTDC right?? I just want to make sure im not confused at all. I would want to set the timing to 10 degrees BTDC correct?

Alright, now the balancer i have, which i cant tell what kind it is, but it IS SFI goes like this.. B 30...20...10...0------------Huge space-------0....10....20...30 A

The letters are marked next to the 30 on the B side and 0 on the A side..

What i dont get it why the hell is it so much different then the stock balancer???

My next issue with this wierd balancer issue - When im finding TDC on the # 1 cylinder.. I use the old finger over the spark plug method which is what ive always done and it worked fine in the past. When i do this now, the balancer ends up at the A side of the #'s, NO WHERE near the B side... So can someone enlighten me to WTF is going on here? LOL

Thanks for any help or insight guys!

red95gtconvert said:

Just paint a white line at the 10* mark on the b side of it, it will show up much better on your timing light when you go to time it. Don't know about the other stuff.

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Im aware of this.. My issue is that the mark is not eeven close to the timing marker. The A side is.. IF there wasnt this huge space between the numbering it wouldnt be an issue, but i just dont understand why there is a big gap?

I dont have any other aftermarket balancers here to compare too..

thanks for the replies guys.. Im at the point now where ill probably just buy a new balancer.. This thing is so hard to read as it is.. Im gonna pull it off this weekend and try to take some pics