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Old 07-18-2009, 06:22 AM
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Originally Posted by scottj View Post
My motors always ran best without any advance so I've always lock out my distributors, but my cams have always had 260+ degrees at .050". On my 11:1 motors I didn't need the MSD start retard box as they always started without issue, but it was required (-20deg) on my high compression motors or they would blow teeth off the starter ring gear. A dyno is needed to determine optimal timing.

Scott
Question,
When you set the timing with your locked dist where do you set the mark?
With a digital timing light do you set total at TDC (say 32 deg or whatever your max is) mark or BTDC
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